Asian tiger mosquito

The Asian Tiger Mosquito, or forest day mosquito is a kind of mosquito that is native to tropical and subtropical South-East Asia. It has black and white striped legs, and small black and white striped body. The Asian Tiger Mosquito is about 2 to 10 mm long.^[1] The males are about 20% smaller than the females.

Asian tiger mosquito
Female at the start of feeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Subfamily:	Culicinae
Genus:	Aedes
Subgenus:	Stegomyia
Species:	A. albopictus
Binomial name
Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894)
Dark blue: Native range Dark green: introduced (as of December 2007)
Synonyms
Culex albopictus Skuse, 1894

In the last few decades, the species has spread to many other countries, mainly through the transport of goods.^[2] Many communities see this species as a pest. Unlike other mosquitos, the Asian Tiger Mosquito associates with humans. Other mosquitos tend to live in wetlands. The Asian Tiger Mosquito is also active during the day, while most other mosquitos are only active during dusk and dawn.

The Asian Tiger Mosquito can spread several diseases, such as West Nile virus, Yellow fever virus, St. Louis encephalitis,^[3] dengue fever, and Chikungunya fever,^[4]