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Jul 28, 2010 8:04 pm US/Eastern
Asian Tiger Mosquito Arrives In Allegheny County
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</TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD class=cbstv_enlarge_image_descrip itxtvisited="1">FILE PHOTO: An Asian Tiger mosquito feeds from the blood from a person in an undated photo. Officials are warning about a rare mosquito invading the West Coast that has been known to carry Dengue fever and other diseases abroad.
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
It's black and white striped, about 1/4-inch long and if you know nothing else about the Asian Tiger mosquito know this ? it bites.
"It's going to mean trouble for us because it is a day biter," Allegheny County Health Department Entomologist Bill Todaro said.
Meaning it bites all day unlike other mosquitoes who nip at dawn and dusk.
The Asian Tiger mosquito entered the United States 30 years ago in the used tire trade in Mississippi. It's slowly migrated and mutated to become more cold tolerant.
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http://kdka.com/health/asian.tiger.mosquito.2.1830555.html
Asian Tiger Mosquito Arrives In Allegheny County
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</TD></TR><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD class=cbstv_enlarge_image_descrip itxtvisited="1">FILE PHOTO: An Asian Tiger mosquito feeds from the blood from a person in an undated photo. Officials are warning about a rare mosquito invading the West Coast that has been known to carry Dengue fever and other diseases abroad.
Jack Leonard/New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board/Getty Images
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
It's black and white striped, about 1/4-inch long and if you know nothing else about the Asian Tiger mosquito know this ? it bites.
"It's going to mean trouble for us because it is a day biter," Allegheny County Health Department Entomologist Bill Todaro said.
Meaning it bites all day unlike other mosquitoes who nip at dawn and dusk.
The Asian Tiger mosquito entered the United States 30 years ago in the used tire trade in Mississippi. It's slowly migrated and mutated to become more cold tolerant.
...
Continue reading:
http://kdka.com/health/asian.tiger.mosquito.2.1830555.html