ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO NOW IN CLERMONT COUNTY
David Fankhauser, Ph.D.
12 November 1999, modified 24 Nov 99, 1 December 1999
This page has been accessed  times since 19 March 2001.

This page is under development, but here are two views I took of this species, previously unrecorded in Clermont County as of 1997 (according to the CDC).  I have received confirmation from the CDC that this is indeed Aedes albopictus.  Additional pictures of Ae. albopictus, most of which I have taken, may be found in this directory, or alternatively here, on Jan Carter's server.

In this first picture, the diagnostic white "racing stripe" on top of its thorax is clearly visible:

In this picture, note the black and white decorated hind legs held in the air, and the "ornamented" thorax and abdomen.

Here is a "front view" of the specimen in my office.  It shows the diagnostic "racing stripe" on the thorax very well.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here is the CDC map which charts the spread of the Asian Tiger Mosquito from Houston, Texas in 1985, throughout the South and along the Eastern seaboard.  You will note that Hamilton County, the Southwestern-most county in Ohio, recorded this species of mosquito in 1993-94, but Clermont County, just to the East of Hamilton County, has never (as of 1997) recorded the species until now.

Here is a jpeg from the web of Aedes albopictus taking a blood meal.  Notice the "Racing Stripe" on top of its thorax, and the black and white stripes on its hind legs.