Aedes Albopictus

Aedes albopictus on Homo sapiens
Asian Tiger Mosquito biting human
Introduced to North America 1985

The Aedes albopictus, or Asian Tiger mosquito, is easily identifiable by its black and white striped legs. No other mosquito has this coloration.

Asian tiger mosquitoes were first found in North America in a shipment of used tires at the port of Houston in 1985. Since then they have spread across southern USA, and as far up the East Coast as southern New Jersey.

It has become a significant pest in many communities, because it closely associates with humans, rather than living in swamps, and flying and biting in the daytime, rather than at dusk and dawn. It is a container and puddle breeder, needing only a few ounces of water to breed.

It has not been implicated as a carrier of West Nile virus, but can carry Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

Controlling Asian Tiger Mosquitoes

A lot of futile and risky spraying has been done in the last few years because of the West Nile virus scare. If people are being bitten in the daytime, this is the mosquito that is their problem. Most mosquito spraying is done at night and will have little effect on Asian Tiger mosquitoes. (Daytime spraying is usually a violation of label directions, because of foraging bees on blossoms in the application area.)

It is however, simple to find and deal with the breeding spots, which are never far from where people are being bitten, since this is a weak flyer. Locate puddles that last more then 3 days, sagging or plugged roof gutters, old tires holding water, litter, bird baths, kiddie pools, and any other possible container or pool of standing water. Flowing water will not be a breeding spot and water containing minnows is not usually a problem, because the fish eat the mosquito larvae. Dragonflies are also an excellent control. Dragonfly larvae eat mosquito larvae in the water, and adults will snatch adult mosquitoes as they fly. Insecticide applications that kill dragonflies may actually cause only a brief suppression of mosquitoes, followed by a long term increase in populations.

Whenever possible, all sources of standing water, even if only a quarter cup, should be dumped every three days. Litter, especially containers in ditches can hold water after the ditch dries up, and all litter should be cleaned up. Empty bird baths, wading pools, and any other container that can hold rainwater. Rain barrels used for garden irrigation, and many other containers that cannot be dumped can be treated with a spoonful of vegetable oil, which will suffocate mosquito larvae as they try to breathe at the surface.

Any standing water in pools, catchment basins, etc, that cannot be drained, dumped, or treated with a small quantity of vegetable oil, can be periodically treated with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. This is a disease organism that only affects the pest insects. It is readily available at farm, garden and pool suppliers.

Litter in Roadside Ditches
makes an ideal Asian tiger breeding ground

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aedes albopictus."

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Crosswords: Aedes Albopictus

Non-English Usage: "Aedes Albopictus" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (asian, Asian tiger mosquito).

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Commercial Usage: Aedes Albopictus

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Books	Biology, Disease Relationships, and Control of Aedes Albopictus (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Aedes Albopictus

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	Under experimental conditions the Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as the Asian Tiger Mosquito, has been found to be a vector of West Nile Virus. Aedes is a genus of the Culicine family of mosquitos.Credit: CDC.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Aedes Albopictus

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Health		Two competent mosquito vectors, Ae. aegypti and Aedes albopictus, are present and, under certain circumstances, each could transmit dengue viruses. (references)
		A. Outbreaks of dengue occur primarily in areas where Aedes aegypti (sometimes also Aedes albopictus) mosquitoes live. This includes most tropical urban areas of the world. (references)
		In the Western Hemisphere, the Aedes aegypti mosquito is the most important transmitter or vector of dengue viruses, although a 2001 outbreak in Hawaii was transmitted by Aedes albopictus. (references)
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