Efforts to combat a "ferocious" insect spreading in Alexandria

The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that it is making every effort to combat termites that Alexandria governorate suffers from. Over the past few days, complaints have been raised after ant swarms invaded several areas in the governorate.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Muhammad Al-Qarsh, said, "Termites are more ferocious than ordinary ants, and they have winged phases and are able to fly in some cases, and they are among the insects that are present and spread during weather fluctuations between seasons when temperatures drop and then rise again. other.”

Al-Qarsh added in a statement to "Sky News Arabia" that: "The Ministry of Agriculture has taken a set of precautionary measures to prevent this type of ant. In it, and whoever establishes a house can go to the Ministry of Agriculture and obtain pesticides to combat termites, and protect his home from anything similar that may affect him in the future. As for those who already have an existing house and are facing a problem specific to termites, they can also go to the Directorate of Agriculture and obtain the necessary control tools from it.” .

Termites are insects that are active in the spring until autumn, and they enter a dormant phase in the winter, and they have many types, such as dry wood ants that infect household furniture and are called above-ground termites, and there are underground termites, a type linked to the soil and fly in large numbers that reach millions leaving Its main colonies, looking to build new colonies, and has the ability to reproduce quickly.

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