Aedes albopictus in Florida
Peacock, B.E.; Smith, J.P.; Gregory, P.G.; Loyless, T.M.; Mulrennen, J.A.; Simmonds, P.R.; Padgett, L.; Cook, E.K.; Eddins, T.R.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 4(3): 362-365
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X PMID: 3199126 Document Number: 319775
Biting females of A. albopictus were found in a large tyre lot in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, on 3 July 1986. Subsequent surveys in the county of 3 seaport facilities and about 60 tyre dumps, conducted in August 1986, revealed that the infestation was limited to this one site and an adjacent property. The mosquito had dispersed from this site some 2 km south and east along an adjoining creek. It was estimated that 360-830 foreign (Japanese) scrap tyres had been added to the stockpile at the infested tyre lot each year. The results of studies of landing rates on man, preferred larval sites, and seasonal abundance of adults (obtained using CDC traps) are given. Control efforts using larviciding oil (Florida Mosquito Larvicide), mixtures of Vectobac 12AS (Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis) and Pramex (permethrin), and thermal fogging with Dibrom (naled) in diesel fuel were costly, and legislation towards source reduction did not always have the desired effect.