Mosquito control

There are two types of mosquitoes in Auroville. There is the large slow Armigeres, which breeds in septic tanks and grey water. Then there is the zippy little striped one, Aedes, which transmits dengue, chikungunya, and filaria. A team from the Vector Control Research Centre in Pondicherry has visited Auroville to teach how to prevent mosquitoes breeding. It was observed that bats do a phenomenal job of keeping mosquito numbers down.