Pest control in Cagnes-sur-Mer

Built environment and local building types

Cagnes-sur-Mer combines an urbanised coastline, a marina and seafront restaurants with the perched medieval village of Haut-de-Cagnes, its steep lanes and stone houses. Seaside residences, recent buildings and beach huts sit alongside old alleys with vaulted cellars. The pontoons, the stores of seafront establishments and the harbour's plant rooms provide refuges for pests. Coastal humidity, watered gardens and numerous water points create an environment favourable to vector insects as well as to harbour rodents.

Seasonal pressures and sentinel species in Cagnes-sur-Mer

The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) frequents the marina, the pontoons and the stores of seafront restaurants, with increased pressure in late summer. The tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) lays its eggs from May to November in the gardens, saucers and drain covers of the coastal sector. The German cockroach (Blattella germanica) colonises the kitchens of the tourist catering trade year-round. Wasps and ants mark the summer season on the terraces.