Mückenatlas

Lead organisation: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) (Consortium)

Citizens are asked to collect mosquitoes in their private surroundings, kill them by freezing and send them to the research institutions involved. The submission data directly contribute to mosquito research and public and animal health in Germany.

Policy uptake explanation

With the help of the Mückenatlas we were able to detect five invasive species in Germany, the Asian bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus), the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), Aedes koreicus, Culiseta longiareolata and Anopheles petragnani. Furthermore, we encountered several extremely rare native species whose existence has not been demonstrated for decades.

Additional information

Source Inventory of environmental citizen science projects
Web site https://mueckenatlas.com/about/#about
Contact point mailto:mueckenatlas@fli.de
Start/end date 2012 - Unknown
Still active? Yes

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