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As of June, the citizens will have a new tool that will allow them to collaborate in the detection of mosquito tiger and fight him.

It is a free application for mobile phones (Android and iPhone), an initiative that is included in the project named Tiger Trap, led by the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CSIC) and the University of Murcia, with the collaboration of the Department of Health of the City of Cartagena.

Thanks to citizen participation, with this application may have signs or evidence of tiger mosquito settlements throughout the Spanish geography, so that, subsequently, l os scientific experts ratify its presence in the places indicated by the citizens.

This application will be available and operational this June on Google Play and App Store.

That application information is available on the web: http://atrapaeltigre.com/web/

Precisely to publicize this application are to perform two activities.

First, a talk on the biology of the tiger mosquito, which causes problems, how to fight and how the Tigatrapp application.

The taught Dr.

Francisco Collantes, professor at the University of Murcia, on Wednesday June 18, at 19.00 pm in the Youth Resource Center, Paseo Alfonso XIII.

A few days later, on June 25, will be held in the same place a participatory workshop on tiger mosquito, and download and use the application Tigatrapp phone or tablet.

What makes XATRAC Environmental Partnership, 10.00 to 14.00 hours and from 16.30 to 20.00.

Teachers noted that the Department of Zoology, University of Murcia, and Juan Antonio Collantes Francisco Delgado, are responsible for the research on the distribution and control of the tiger mosquito, which have led to the implementation of these initiatives .

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena