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Stegomyia albopicta, Asian tiger mosquito in Croatia - current status

In this poster we report about the recent discoveries of S. albopicta in Croatia. The Asian tiger mosquito was first recorded in Croatia in October 2004. The record was made during a regular control of the potential mosuqito breeding sites in the larger area surrounding the city of Zagreb (Northern Croatia). No new records were made at the same location during 2005, but the mosquito was found at other site. In October 2005, both larvae and adults of S. albopicta were detected at the storage place with old tires, belonging to the company which imports used tires to Croatia from Italy. Following the humid and warm summer at the Adriatic coast of Croatia, the Asian tiger was recorded in September and October at a number of locations along the coast, from istria (Northern Adriatic coast) to Dubrovnik region (Southern Adriatic). In all cases, larvae were collected in artificial breeding sites only, and the number of mosquito breeding sites was a rather small, indicating that the species has just started its spreading over this region. S. albopicta arrived to Zagreb via used tires imported from Italy. Mosquitoes spread to Istria from neighbouring areas of Italy and Slovenia, and to the Southern Adriatic coast from the neighbouring Montenegro, all areas where the species had been detected earlier. In Split and Zadar, larvae were detected in the harbours, suggesting the arrival of mosquito by the oversea traffic.

S. albopicta ; Croatia ; spreading

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