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ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY
卷 51, 期 3, 页码 586-594出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvac023
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Ae; albopictus; microhabitat; overwintering; Midwest USA; tires
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [U01 CK000505]
This study observed the survival of Asian tiger mosquito eggs in tires and found that eggs in tires at northern locations had a higher chance of survival. This is because tires provide insulation from extreme temperatures, and there was a significant snow cover in January which further enhanced the survival rate.
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), is a public health threat because it can potentially transmit multiple pathogenic arboviruses, exhibits aggressive diurnal biting, and is highly invasive. As Ae. albopictus moved northward into the United States, the limits of expansion were predicted as locations with a mean January temperature warmer than -2.5 degrees C. We postulated that the range of Ae. albopictus could exceed these temperature limits if eggs in diapause overwinter in tires that provide an insulating effect from extreme temperatures. Fifteen tires with Ae. albopictus and Aedes triseriatus (Say) eggs, a native cold hardy species, were placed outside at five locations along a latitudinal gradient in Wisconsin and Illinois during the winter of 2018-2019; notably, in January 2019, a regional arctic air event brought the lowest temperatures recorded in over 20 yr. External and internal tire temperatures were recorded at 3 hr intervals, and egg survival was recorded after six months. Aedes albopictus eggs survived only from tires at northernmost locations. The mean internal January temperature of tires that supported survival was -1.8 degrees C, while externally the mean temperature was -5.3 degrees C, indicating that tires provided an average of +3.5 degrees C of insulation. Tires that supported egg survival also had over 100 mm of snow cover during January. In the absence of snow cover, tires across the study area provided an average +0.79 degrees C [95% CI 0.34-1.11] insulation. This work provides strong argument for the inclusion of microhabitats in models of dispersal and establishment of Ae. albopictus and other vector species.
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