Further spread of invasive mosquito species

The range of the Aedes albopictus mosquito continues to expand, having now spread north from the cantons of Geneva, Valais and Ticino to Vaud. Local media report the species is now established in Nyon and Bourg-en-Lavaux, on the shores of Lac Léman. Read more

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