Mosquito control operations will take place on Wednesday 16 September at Alyki (Lake), in the Artemida Municipal Unit, as announced by the Municipality of Spata–Artemida.
This is the 18th Cycle of Ground-Based Larviciding, carried out by the Regional Unit of Eastern Attica, pursuant to its document bearing protocol number 1159966/11 September 2026.
Larviciding differs from spraying adult mosquitoes. It targets the larvae in stagnant water, before they have a chance to become adult mosquitoes, and is carried out from the ground around the breeding sites — here, in the Alyki wetland system. That is why the applications are repeated in cycles throughout the season, with the current one being the eighteenth.
The Council has not announced specific working hours or any special safety measures. As a general guideline whilst the work crews are working: avoid lingering in the area and keep children and pets away.
A significant part of the work is also carried out outside the organised programmes, in the courtyards themselves. Every flowerpot, basin, wheelbarrow or bottle containing stagnant water acts as a breeding ground; emptying them every few days helps to control the mosquito population in the neighbourhood.
Source: Municipality of Spata–Artemida, announcement ‘MOSQUITO CONTROL 16 September 2026’, published on 15 September 2026.
