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Native to: New Guinea, the islands in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar, India and Pakistan, China, Korea and northern Japan.
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Introduced to: 26 states in the U.S., Central and South America, Europe.
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Mode of transportation: The mosquito hitched a ride to the states on used tires imported from Japan or possibly Taiwan.
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The Asian Tiger Mosquito can spread diseases like West Nile Virus and Encephalitis to humans. For this reason, the U.S. Center for Disease Control keeps a close watch on Asian Tiger Mosquito populations, as it has great potential to be a dangerous disease vector.
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If you are bitten by a mosquito during daylight, the culprit is probably the Asian Tiger Mosquito, which feeds during the day. Female Mosquitoes hunt by smelling carbon dioxide in the air--when mammals breath, they exhale the molecule, giving their location away. |
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