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Francis Schaffner1, Wim Van Bortel, Marc Coosemans
1Adege, EID Méditerranée, 165 Avenue Paul Rimbaud, 34184 Montpellier Cedex 4, France.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
|July 22, 2004
Abstract:
The 1st record of Aedes albopictus in Belgium was made in a village in Oost-Vlaanderen Province. Two preimaginal stages were collected on October 31, 2000, in the used tire stock of a recycling company that imports tires from the USA and Japan. The species has reproduced on site, and local environmental conditions make its establishment possible. Anopheles plumbeus was a common companion species found in tires in high densities.
