Not EvaluatedTiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
124 countries
Species group · Insects
WAnimals has 4 species of mosquito, in the family Culicidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 4.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 186 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It breeds in any container of standing water and can carry dengue, Zika and chikungunya.
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It is one of the hundred most damaging invasive species in the world and the most widespread invasive mosquito in Europe. It reached the continent in 1979, in Albania, probably in cargo from China.
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It travels in the global trade in used tyres and lucky bamboo, because its eggs withstand drying out.
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It is one of the main vectors of West Nile virus.
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Its eggs are grouped into small boat-shaped rafts that float on the water.
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Only the female takes blood, which she needs to develop her eggs.
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It breeds almost exclusively in artificial containers of clean water: plant pot saucers, tyres, drums and guttering, which has made it a fully urban mosquito.
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Its eggs survive for months when dry and hatch as soon as they are wetted, so they travel the world inside used tyres and ornamental plants.
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