Beware, Dengue mosquitoes breed in rambuttan skins

by Ananda KANNANGARA

The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) last week called upon rambuttan sellers and buyers to pay more care when discarding rambuttan skins as Dengue mosquitoes could breed in them.

The NDCU has called upon rambuttan users to either break the skin into pieces or bury them rather than throw them into open garbage heaps as such places are the most vulnerable for Dengue mosquitoes.

According to a recent survey, conducted by Public Health Inspectors during their anti-dengue house to house campaigns, it was revealed that dengue mosquitoes breed larvae on rambuttan skins and on the outer skin of banana flowers.

NDCU Entomologist Mrs Janaki Sakunthala told the Sunday Observer that Dengue mosquitoes leave larvae on cement blocks, coconut shells, used tyres, bottle lids and discarded curd pots.