Mosquito Alert

What Mosquito Alert does

Mosquito Alert is a citizen science platform for mosquito surveillance coordinated by Spanish public research institutions, including CREAF, CEAB-CSIC, ICREA, and UPF. The platform operates a free mobile application through which citizens submit geotagged photographs of mosquitoes they encounter, contributing to a longitudinal dataset that now spans roughly 20 years. It serves public health authorities, researchers, and the general public by providing spatially distributed, real-time vector surveillance data that complements traditional entomological monitoring.

The platform's core technical stack combines a citizen-facing mobile application with the AIMA artificial intelligence algorithm for automated species classification, supplemented by expert entomologist validation. AIMA applies computer vision to user-submitted images and is trained on the platform's proprietary accumulated dataset, creating a data flywheel in which each new observation can improve model performance. Supporting infrastructure includes an Open Science Toolkit and complementary initiatives such as the Mosquito Alert Digital Entomology Network (MADEN) and Entolab.

Mosquito Alert does not generate commercial revenue. The platform is funded through public research grants, EU collaborative projects, and Spanish government support, with no paid customer base or pricing model. Its primary institutional "users" are public health authorities and academic researchers, who access the surveillance outputs as a public good. The platform has been formally integrated into Spain's National Plan for Preparedness and Response to Vector-Borne Diseases and has expanded operations into Brazil, Chile (including Rapa Nui), and Uruguay.

Name

Mosquito Alert

Legal name

CREAF (Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales)

Website

https://mosquitoalert.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Mosquito Alert is a publicly funded citizen science platform that uses a mobile app and proprietary AI (AIMA) to collect and classify geotagged mosquito observations. It serves public health authorities and researchers across Spain, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay, generating a 20-year longitudinal vector surveillance dataset.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Citizen Science Vector Surveillance Platform

NAICS

Exterminating and Pest Control Services (561710)

akta.pro primary industry

Mosquito & Tick Control (IMAIAHAI)

Keywords

• Citizen science platform
• Vector surveillance
• Mosquito monitoring
• Public health surveillance
• Disease vector tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Public Funding: Mosquito Alert operates as a publicly-funded research initiative coordinated by four Spanish public research institutions (CREAF, CEAB-CSIC, ICREA, UPF). The platform receives funding through European research projects (INOVEC, VEO, IDAlert, One Health PACT, AIM-COST), national government funding (Plan de Recuperación, Spain), and institutional support from FECYT. No commercial revenue model exists as the platform provides public good services for health surveillance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Mosquito Alert is a citizen science platform that enables citizens to report sightings of disease-vector mosquitoes (tiger mosquito, yellow fever mosquito, Japanese mosquito) through a free mobile app for iOS and Android. Submissions include geolocated photographs that are processed by the proprietary AIMA artificial intelligence algorithm for automated species identification, validated by expert entomologists, and shared as real-time distribution maps and alerts with public health authorities. The platform also publishes open datasets and runs an educational program for schools, supporting official vector surveillance systems.

Product overview

Mosquito Alert is a citizen science platform that combines a mobile application, an interactive public map, open data portals, and AI-powered species identification to monitor and control disease-vector mosquitoes. The core Mosquito Alert App allows citizens to report tiger mosquitoes, yellow fever mosquitoes, and other invasive species by submitting geolocated photographs. These observations are processed by the AIMA AI algorithm and validated by expert entomologists before appearing on the Mosquito Alert Map. The platform integrates with national health surveillance systems and provides open access to data through the Mosquito Alert Data Portal and Image Dataset. Additional offerings include the Open Science Toolkit, Entolab expert identification platform, an educational program for schools, and the MADEN European Digital Entomology Network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AIMA: Artificial intelligence algorithm for mosquito species identification that processes images sent by citizens and activates alerts for authorities when invasive species are detected in unregistered zones.

Products and services

• Mosquito Alert Mobile App A free citizen science mobile application for iOS and Android that allows individual citizens to report tiger mosquitoes, yellow fever mosquitoes, and other target species by submitting geolocated photographs, descriptions of breeding sites, and bite reports. The app provides real-time species identification results.
• Mosquito Alert Real-Time Map An interactive public map displaying mosquito observations in real-time from citizen scientists. Images classified with high confidence (above 98%) by AI and expert review are published directly to the map for public and institutional viewing.
• Mosquito Alert Data Portal An open data portal providing access to Mosquito Alert datasets for research and public health purposes, enabling researchers and authorities to analyze mosquito observation records.
• Mosquito Alert Image Dataset A database of mosquito images submitted by citizen scientists, classified and validated by AI and expert entomologists, available as a research resource for the scientific community.
• Open Science Toolkit A standalone resource designed to support partners in adopting transparent and collaborative vector surveillance practices, enabling institutions worldwide to implement citizen science methodologies for mosquito monitoring.
• Entolab Expert Identification Platform An expert identification platform for mosquito species validation, enabling entomology specialists to identify and verify species within the Mosquito Alert ecosystem, complementing AI classification.
• Mosquito Alert Educational Program A structured educational program for primary and secondary schools across Spain, inviting students and teachers to participate in citizen science. The program includes training resources, classroom projects, and an annual science fair, with over 50 participating centers and 2,250+ students engaged.
• MADEN (European Digital Entomology Network) The Mosquito Alert Digital Entomology Network, a European network focused on digital entomology and coordinated mosquito surveillance, connecting research institutions across Europe.
• Observations Database A database of all mosquito observations submitted through the Mosquito Alert platform, containing over 110,939 observations from 33,183 citizen scientists, accessible for research and monitoring.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24.6-31.8% of mosquito detections in Spain come from citizen science contributions
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• DEMIV-OH / arbOHvirus (Chile)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Collaboration with the Chilean DEMIV-OH project (Red One Health: Dengue and Emerging Arboviruses of Medical Importance) for implementation of Mosquito Alert in Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Funded by Chile's National Agency for Research and Development (ANID, Cod. ATE220020).
• CEAB-CSIC (Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinating institution of Mosquito Alert, responsible for entomological research, data validation, and algorithm development. CEAB-CSIC researchers serve as primary authors of scientific publications and lead technical development of the platform.
• CREAF (Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional coordinator of Mosquito Alert and legal entity responsible for the portal. CREAF hosts the project management office and is the responsible entity for data protection and portal operations.
• ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinating institution contributing top researchers (including ICREA researchers John Palmer and Frederic Bartumeus) who serve as co-directors of the project and lead scientific research initiatives.
• UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinating institution contributing researchers from the Department of Political and Social Sciences. Hosts project workshops and international encounters at Campus Ciutadella.
• FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research partner within the INOVEC Staff Exchange project. Mosquito Alert team members conducted month-long research stays at FIOCRUZ in Rio de Janeiro (September-October 2025) to adapt and implement the Mosquito Alert methodology in Brazil, including training FIOCRUZ staff on the platform.
• INOVEC Project (EU Staff Exchange)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Staff Exchange project connecting research centers worldwide to develop new strategies for controlling arboviruses. Mosquito Alert serves as a key platform for data collection and international collaboration.
• ReGaViVec (Rede Galega de Vixilancia de Vectores)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGalician Vector Surveillance Network consisting of the Consellería de Sanidade, Universities of Vigo and Santiago de Compostela. Uses Mosquito Alert as the citizen science component for regional surveillance, with confirmed alerts leading to official municipal responses.
• ASPB (Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating public health agency in Barcelona metropolitan area surveillance. Contributes to Mosquito Alert BCN project and educational program support.
• Ministerio de Sanidad (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational health ministry that incorporated Mosquito Alert into the official Plan Nacional de Prevención, Vigilancia y Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores in 2023, making it part of Spain's official public health surveillance system.
• Xunta de Galicia (Regional Government)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government with formal collaboration agreement with CSIC to promote Mosquito Alert app downloads and citizen participation in Galicia for vector surveillance.
• Xatrac AssociationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAssociation executing the Mosquito Alert educational program under coordination of CEAB-CSIC. Manages school outreach, science fair organization, and educational content development.
• Ciudad Ciencia (CSIC Program)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCSIC program supporting science popularization that collaborates with Mosquito Alert educational initiatives for school engagement.
• Oficina de Ciencia Ciudadana de BarcelonaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBarcelona-based citizen science office providing institutional support for Mosquito Alert activities in the Barcelona metropolitan area.
• Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue for the annual Mosquito Alert Science Fair, providing facilities and educational resources for student presentations and awards ceremony.
• Universidad de Valparaíso (Chile)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner institution in Latin America working on Mosquito Alert implementation in Rapa Nui through the DEMIV-OH project.
• VEO ProjectflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean research project on vector-borne diseases contributing to Mosquito Alert's international scientific collaboration network.
• One Health PACTflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research collaboration under the One Health framework focused on preventing arbovirus threats, contributing to Mosquito Alert's global network.
• E4WarningminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject supporting the December 2025 international encounter on open science and citizen-powered vector surveillance held at UPF Barcelona.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AIM-COST (Aedes Invasive Mosquito network): European COST Action network coordinating surveillance of Aedes invasive mosquitoes across member states. Direct peer because AIM-COST and Mosquito Alert both pursue pan-European invasive-mosquito monitoring and frequently collaborate on data harmonization.
• iNaturalist: Largest global citizen-science biodiversity platform, combining volunteer-submitted geolocated photos with AI species identification (similar to AIMA). Comparable because both rely on a mobile app, mass volunteer participation, AI-assisted taxonomy, and open data outputs for science and conservation.
• BugGuide: Iowa State University-hosted citizen-science platform for identification and documentation of insects in North America. Comparable as a citizen-driven entomology resource where volunteer photo submissions are validated by expert taxonomists, mirroring Mosquito Alert's Entolab workflow.
• eBird: Cornell Lab of Ornithology's citizen-science bird-observation platform. Directly comparable to Mosquito Alert as a long-running, mobile-based, volunteer-driven surveillance network producing structured species-distribution data used by researchers and conservation agencies.
• Pl@ntNet: AI-powered citizen-science platform for plant species identification from smartphone photos. Closely comparable operating model to Mosquito Alert: volunteer photo submissions, AI image classification, expert validation, and open data shared with researchers.

Emerging players

• HealthMap: Automated real-time disease-outbreak monitoring platform aggregating public-health signals. Comparable as a public-health surveillance system that ingests distributed signals to alert authorities, but driven by automated data mining rather than volunteer participation.

Broad incumbents

• VectorBase: Bioinformatics resource center for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens, including mosquitoes. Adjacent peer because it serves the same research community studying vector-borne disease, though its focus is genomic data rather than field surveillance.
• CDC ArboNET: US national arboviral surveillance system operated by the CDC. Overlaps with Mosquito Alert in producing mosquito-distribution intelligence for public-health authorities, but operates at official-agency scale in the US rather than as a citizen-science platform.
• GLOBE Observer: NASA-funded citizen-science mobile app for collecting environmental observations (land cover, mosquito habitat, etc.). Broader-scope incumbent in the citizen-science-for-public-data space; overlapping methodology but a wider portfolio than Mosquito Alert's mosquito focus.

Regional players

• Natusfera: Iberian/European biodiversity citizen-science platform integrated with GBIF. Comparable as a Spanish/European citizen-science platform for species observations, sharing an overlapping contributor audience but with a broader biodiversity focus than Mosquito Alert's mosquito specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Mosquito_Alert
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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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