tiger mosquito

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tiger mosquito (plural tiger mosquitos or tiger mosquitoes)

  1. Any mosquito of the species Aedes albopictus (especially) or Aedes polynesiensis.
    • 2023 September 1, “‘A first in Paris’: city fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as tropical pests spread, bringing disease”, in The Guardian‎[1], sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN:
      Health authorities in Paris have fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid advance through northern Europe is thought to have been accelerated by climate change.

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