Who is Aedes aegypti?

Who spreads dengue and severe dengue? Dengue is spread through the bite of the female mosquito (Aedes aegypti). The mosquito becomes infected when it takes the blood of a person infected with the virus. After about one week, the mosquito can then transmit the virus while biting a healthy person.

How do I identify Aedes?

The Aedes Aegypti mosquito, or dengue mosquito, is dark coloured and has typical white markings on the legs and lyre like markings on the thorax. It is significantly smaller in size, being only 4 to 7 millimetres long. In this species, the female mosquitoes are longer than males.

How can you tell Aedes albopictus?

Adult Aedes albopictus are easily recognized by the bold black shiny scales and distinct silver white scales on the palpus and tarsi (Hawley 1988). The scutum (back) is black with a distinguishing white stripe down the center beginning at the dorsal surface of the head and continuing along the thorax.

How do you distinguish Aedes aegypti and albopictus?

aegypti mosquitoes; they are both similar in colour and have white banding on their legs, but there is a slight difference in size and thorax patterns. Ae. albopictus is smaller, varying between 2-6 mm in length, and they have a single, silvery-white stripe down the middle of the top of the thorax.

What are the characteristic of Aedes mosquito?

Characteristics. Aedes mosquitoes are visually distinctive because they have noticeable black and white markings on their bodies and legs. Unlike most other mosquitoes, they are active and bite only during the daytime. The peak biting periods are early in the morning and in the evening before dusk.

What is the common name of Aedes aegypti?

the yellow fever mosquito
Abstract. Aedes aegypti bears the common name “the yellow fever mosquito,” although, today, it is of more concern as the major vector of dengue, chikungunya, and, most recently, Zika viruses.