Cuban uses spiders to control mosquitoes in Havana: "Many are already hanging from their threads."

The Cuban Irina Diéguez Toledo, tired of the constant onslaught of mosquitoes, has resorted to extreme solutions to control the pesky insect, allowing spiders to weave their webs freely in her home in Cerro, Havana, in the hope of alleviating the problem.

On Facebook, this person has kept a record of their "hunts" and has reported that the source of the problem is that their house is at a corner and is surrounded by drains, potholes, and a broken manhole, "so there is a huge puddle."

Important Notice: The practices described in this article, such as the use of spiders to control the mosquito population, are personal initiatives of the protagonist and should not be considered a substitute for conventional pest control methods.

In a recent post, he mentioned that he has stopped cleaning the roofs to allow spiders to thrive, and they, with their webs, catch the mosquitoes.

He also explained that he has installed grilles on the windows; however, insects come in every time he opens the doors of his house, which he does frequently whenever he has to go out to run some errands.

However, she pointed out that she herself dedicates some time every day to kill a few more insects.

Although the scene may seem far-fetched, it keeps the sanity and health of the lady and her family on edge, as they are exposed to being infected by a mosquito carrying the dengue virus or Oropouche Fever.

“They don’t care if we get sick or die,” Diéguez has denounced on social media, alarmed and desperate about the rise in cases of sick people in Cuba.

The lady has raised the issue in several settings, including local government offices, as not only is she at risk, but the entire community is as well.

On August sixth, Diéguez shared on Facebook an email addressed to the Presidential Office, in which he reported that his 83-year-old uncle, bedridden and in poor health, was exposed to dangerous diseases.

He warned that he had not received a response from the involved entities, and that the director of a polyclinic in El Cerro had reported it without receiving any kind of reply.

"Administrative silence is a form of violence. I am not demanding anything that is not within your obligation and competence," he emphasized.

The concern of this Cuban is justified when the regime, last July, acknowledged that the Oropouche virus has spread to almost the entire country and that, furthermore, it lacks the resources to initiate fumigation campaigns to prevent the spread of the transmitting mosquito.

The National Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), Francisco Durán, confirmed on national television that the virus has been identified more significantly in rural and semi-rural areas, and patients often present symptoms similar to those of dengue.

According to the expert, "the current epidemiological picture in Cuba is similar to that of last year, with diarrheal diseases caused by heat and poor food conditions; dengue has been endemic for many years with increases in cases at certain times of the year."

"Among the difficulties of sanitation, the intense rains, and the heat that accelerates the reproduction of mosquitoes, there are ideal conditions for their spread," Durán explained.

Previously, the specialist stated that the country does not have fuel to spray against mosquitoes, amid a growing presence of the Oropouche virus in Cuba.