Student Research Reports
Who do Mosquitoes like?
Organization(s):Prirodoslovna i graficka skola
Country:Croatia
Student(s):Margareta Kljun
Patricia Pešić
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Educator(s):Marina Pavlić
Contributors:Petra Pincan
Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Air Temperature, Precipitation, Relative Humidity, Mosquitoes, pH
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Date Submitted:02/28/2018
.Who do mosquitoes like?
Abstract
In the last few years we noticed that some new mosquitos have arrived in our County. Up until now they would sting us during summer nights, an itch would appear and it would pass quickly without much consequence. Now we all are a target for mosquitoes day and night.
We noticed that the inhabitants in west part of Rijeka do not follow the instructions of the Educational institute, they keep standing water infinitely, do not empty flower pots after the rain, leave old tires out all potential places for mosquitoes nests.
GLOBE group students decided to help the inhabitants of the west part of Rijeka to realize the dangers of such attitude.
They gave lectures to inhabitants of our chosen sites, primary students and our school's students.
By using GLOBE protocols and other methods we determined that the prevailing species of mosquito in west part of Rijeka is Aedes aegypti (tiger mosquito), that their appearance depends mostly on temperature.
Our County mosquitoes prefer to bite blood type 0 people, with pale and delicate skin, wearing dark clothes and who like to cool themselves with beer