<P> In the United States, it was initially found in 1983 in Memphis, Tennessee . then at the Port of Houston in a 1985 shipment of used tires, and spread across the South up the East Coast to become prevalent in the Northeast . It was not discovered in Southern California until 2001, then eradicated for over a decade; however, by 2011, it was again being found in Los Angeles County traps, then over the next two years expanded its range to Kern County and San Diego County . As of 2013, North American land favoring the environmental conditions of the Asian tiger mosquito was expected to more than triple in size in the coming20 years, especially in urban areas . As of 2017 Aedes albopictus mosquitoes have been identified in 1,368 counties in 40 U.S states . </P> <P> In South America, the Asian tiger mosquito was first discovered 1986 in Brazil and in 1988 in Argentina and Mexico, as well . Other parts of Latin America where the Asian tiger mosquito was discovered are the Dominican Republic in 1993, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, and Guatemala in 1995, El Salvador in 1996, Paraguay in 1999, Panama in 2002, and Uruguay and Nicaragua in 2003 . </P> <P> In Africa, the species was first detected in 1990 in South Africa . In Nigeria, it has been domestic since at least 1991 . It spread to Cameroon in 1999 / 2000, to the Bioko Island of Equatorial Guinea in 2001, and to Gabon in 2006 . </P> <P> In the Middle East, the species was detected in the Lebanon in 2003 and in Syria in 2005; the first record in Israel was published in 2003 . </P>

Flying insect with black and white striped legs