Pangandaran Mosquito Museum

A walk to Pangandaran, West Java is not just about the beach or Green Canyon. Add the tourist list when visiting the regency in the south of West Java to the Mosquito Museum. A lot of unexpected information from animals close to human life from the museum located in this Animal-Sourced Disease Control R&D complex.

From a small room covering an area of 6×6 meters, there is a collection of 28 species of mosquitoes from six genera from 10 cities with mosquitoes that have been studied by the R&D agency under the Indonesian Ministry of Health. So you can easily distinguish mosquitoes of the type Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Toxorynchites, Armigeres, Mansonia.

In addition, there is a microscope equipped with a screen so that it can see mosquitoes more clearly. There are also dozens of dried mosquito-repellent plant colecles. Not to forget insecticidal mosquito nets that are effective in dispelling mosquitoes during sleep.

The museum, which was inaugurated on August 19, 2009, was established to display the research media carried out by this R&D. The existence of the Mosquito Museum can at least help people who want to know and learn about mosquitoes thoroughly. Visitors can get to know the different phases of mosquito development. Also examples of genus specimens range from Aedes aegepty, dengue spreading mosquitoes, to Culex quin-ques-fast-ciatus mosquitoes, spreaders of elephant foot disease. The Mosquito Museum also provides documentaries about the life cycle of mosquitoes.

Still in the same building with mosquitoes, there is a mosquito theater that shows documentaries about the life cycle of mosquitoes ranging from eggs, larvae, pupae to adults. Not far from this building, this R&D also has a garden that contains medicinal plants for diseases caused by mosquitoes.