Talk:Aedes albopictus

message: I actually don't see why you guys consider this species of low importance only. It has been named one of the world's worst invasive species, has been and still is spreading into much of the English-speaking world and is areal threat because is an important vector of Chikungunya, may also transmit Dengue, heartworm and very probably West Nile Virus and other viruses. It has been involved in a major Chikungunya outbreak on La Réunion and a small one in Italy. There is no reason to believe that this may not happen in the US and other parts of the world. --132.199.211.11 (talk) 15:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Low importance? 

message: Section on 'Role as disease vector', what are the implications to the bacterial species of Wolbachia and the mosquito evolving together?  Is there a way to conteract these inhibitions of embryonic development? - this leading to population replacement sounds detrimantal - what are the evolutionary implications?
Section on public health benefits- how come these mosquitos cannot transmit dengue? Can you expand on cytoplasmic incompatability? How do these males serve as a biological control?
BlueBioBill (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 00:36, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions 

message: For those who understand it, take a look at the German Wikipedia page: de:Asiatische Tigermücke. It is currently the most detailed page on the Asian tiger mosquito in the international Wikipedia community, with many references. It could serve as a source for someone willing to expand the English page on the topic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.199.75.160 (talk) 17:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  It has now even been rated "excellent"! --132.199.211.11 (talk) 14:48, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  German Wikipedia article on ''Aedes albopictus'' 

message: I reverted the "apparently" vandal-entered text to the previous version.  People may want to keep an eye on the article for a while to ensure that nothing else happens.
Addendum:  
Section: == Competition with established species == contains more vandalism as of 05/05/2010  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.51.232.82 (talk) 17:36, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed "These species, however, do  appear to favor human titiees." Jujutacular T · C 17:39, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: whats with the strange text at the end of the section "Invasive Species"
with the text:
 Bold textOH YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jones Senior Rockz!!!!!!!!!!!!!--205.244.113.134 18:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC
yet when you click the edit button, it doesn't show up, so attempt to edit it out, is impossible?
I hope this message will notify a spupervisor or something to check it out. 
Thanks
202.181.241.190 02:42, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism - unable to edit out? 

message: I read an article from 2 years on Mail Online about two Asian Tigers which have been spotted in the UK.
Here look-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-476562/Deadly-mosquito-landed-Britain.html
m w (talk) 16:34, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asian Tiger in the UK? 

message: footnotes 62-63-64 has broken links  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.219.231.82 (talk) 05:58, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. --Stemonitis (talk) 12:37, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Dead links

message: The current map showing the spread of the mosquito seems to be out of date. Arizona, which is not highlighted as a place it has been spotted has claimed several invasions by this creature. It is mentioned here. Sorry if I was wrong, just trying to help.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.195.109.138 (talk) 18:44, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It is greatly outdate. I've just been biten by one. In Oslo, Norway. 84.215.84.226 (talk) 11:03, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: They are also in Israel now, this maps really does need updating. http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/Guidelines-to-stop-Asian-tiger-mosquito-infection one article, just google asian tiger mosquito israel and you'll see lots of similar stories. - Cilibinarii (talk) 11:34, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spread Map 

message: There is nothing in the article regarding the effect and behavior of the biting, not even a single word "itch".
Well, in my experience (I'm in Japan), the mosquito is really aggressive and can bite you multiple times. I once interrupted a mosquito during daylight when I caught it in the act, and about 30 minutes later I got 4 mosquito bumps. The one at the place where I caught it was very small, the others large at 8mm. Compared to normal mosquitoes, the bumps are much larger at about 10-20mm diameter (only a Black Fly causes bigger bumps from what I experienced), they itch more, and itch longer (typically 48-72 hours compared to just 18-24 hours for a normal mosquito bites). Also, I actually kill more in my home (which entered through a tiny slit in my flyscreen door which won't fully close), than I see outside (contrary to what the article claims). --Zom-B (talk) 16:56, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of bite effect? 

message: Have seen the aedes albopictus in Newcastle in NSW Australia on the 16th and 17th of march 2013.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.110.92.120 (talk) 02:50, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Have see the aedes albopictus in New South Wales, Australia  

message: I edited the sections from "Role as disease vectors," until the end. I made minor changes to sentence structure to improve flow and readability. I corrected grammatical errors, and removed unnecessary in-text citations, replacing them with end-of-text references. I also italicized all uses of the word, "Wolbachia." Gern Blanston 13 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 15:14, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit 10/25/15 

message: Wolbachia and the Asian Tiger Mosquito: Your section is very well written. It is detailed yet easy to understand. I like that you briefly define some of the terms that a reader might not be familiar with. One thing that you could add would be about Wolbochia’s long-term effect on the species as a whole. What will happen if population replacement continues to occur? Are there any particular groups of tiger mosquitos that are not affected by Wolbochia, such as a population in a certain location? Evolution43 (talk) 20:25, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Review 

message: I added the update template to this article, because the map is BADLY out of date. I actually think the current situation is dangerous. CometEncke (talk) 09:10, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: More current map added, template removed.  M. A. Broussard (talk) 20:20, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of date template 

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message: I happen to stay at house that is not far from the intersection of two freeways: N4 and R80 in South Africa. The intersection have proper storm water drainage system to channel the water but there are times when some of this water would be constant since the angle of drainage system is not that steep for most of the area, plus, they are underground and hence to do not evaporate easily. Actually during rain, when the water is flowing, there are no mosquito from my observation. From this, there are hundreds of mosquito in the area (called Akasia, Pretoria region). 
Couple of observations:
:Unlike other mosquito that wait till you are asleep to bite, this tiger mosquito bites in broad day-light. Usually in the afternoon. They are highly sensitive to your movement. Thus, difficult to kill by hand. Either way, they fly with a path like inverted "W" movements, thus difficult to track. You might watch it but since we humans have a certain small fraction of blindness when we move our eyes, sometimes they just seem to disappear. All to do with the fact that we miss them in a fraction of a second and they are elsewhere in no time.
:They bite through the clothing. From this, the advice to put on long sleeve helps less, especially for women wearing tight clothes (I would say). 
:Most intriguing of all, is that they seem to be able to smell where you have been. I held a bottle of water before sitting down on a chair with the bottle on table in front of me and this mosquito went to the bottle and encircled it four to five time times before leaving the bottle to come towards me. During the encircling, it was occasionally landing on the bottle (I assume, the areas I have actually touched) for a half a second at the time. What is even most interesting is the accuracy of landing at the same spots as before which to me confirms that it was actually smelling where my fingers where. 
That amount to superior hunting skill. 
Rangoane Mogosoane (talk) 16:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Observed behavior 

message: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/disease-vectors/surveillance-and-disease-data/mosquito-maps
and here is 2023 for the tiger m.
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/aedes-albopictus-current-known-distribution-february-2023 91.154.169.156 (talk) 13:42, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  EU maps of invaisive mosquito spp