Hundreds of mosquitoes engorged with blood moving on the walls of small transparent cages, artificially maintained between 26 and 28°C and 72% humidity, and thousands of larvae thriving in tanks, under the white light of a sanitized room. Welcome to the “insectarium” of the Institut Pasteur de Guyane, in the center of Cayenne. Or in other words, a paradise for entomologists who examine, measure, feed and dissect, day after day, these little insects cursed by man but often essential to the balance of ecosystems.
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