1,000 – 39,000 Eggs per square foot In a mangrove swamp

FemaleMalePlumose (fuzzy) antennae Less plumose antennae

Elongated palpi Short Palpi (exception Anopholes)

Adult life span 1 week~ ~ Adult life span 4 weeks or more~ ~

Does not consume blood Consumes blood

in the world

in Lee County

are a pest problem

There are approximately…

of which, approximately

Species - aegypti

Kingdom - Animalia

Phylum - Arthropoda

Class - Insecta

Order - Diptera

Family - Culicidae

Genus* - Aedes

*Genus Is singular, Genera is plural

Aedes aegypti

Aedes albopictus

Aedes bahamensis

Disease transmission

500 million cases per year

approximately 3 million deaths

Fig. 16.10, p. 409

NORTHAMERICA

EUROPE

SOUTHAMERICA

AFRICA

ASIA

ASTRALIA

Areas in which malaria hasdisappeared, been eradicated,or never existed

Areas with limited risk

Areas where malariaTransmission occurs

Yellow Fever

200,000 cases

30,000 deaths

Dengue

50 million cases

Dog Heartworm

Lymphatic Filariasis

     endemic           non-endemicuncertain

120 million affected

40 million incapacitated

Saint Louis Encephalitis

Florida Medical Entomology Lab

West Nile Virus Transmission Cycle

West Nile Encephalitis

•Flu-like illness with abrupt onset

•Moderate to high fever

•Headache, sore throat, backache, fatigue

•Rash

•Acute aseptic meningitis or encephalitis

•Most fatal cases >50 years old.

West Nile Outbreak 20042,470 human cases *

88 Deaths

* reported cases to the Centers for Disease Control as of Jan 11,2005

40 cases in FL with 2 death

Research

Non-target Study using ABATE, Pine Island Florida