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The Aedes scapularis is now considered established in Miami-Dade and Broward. Experts still don’t know whether the species poses a serious threat to human health or animals.
S. Florida abuzz with new invasive species By Adriana Brasileiro, The Miami Herald Published: February 16, 2021, 6:12am Share: MIAMI — South Florida appears to be home to yet another new invasive species — this one a mosquito that was last officially documented in the Florida Keys 75 years ago. The Aedes scapularis has been confirmed in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology by Miami-Dade Mosquito Control Division, Broward Mosquito Control Section and Lawrence Reeves, an entomologist at the University of Flor...
The Aedes scapularis has been confirmed in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Â Â In this Jan. 27, 2016, file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. [ FELIPE DANA | AP ] Published Feb. 10 MIAMI â South Florida appears to be home to yet another new invasive species â this one a mosquito that was last officially documented in the Florida Keys 75 years ago. The Aedes scapularis has been confirmed in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, according to a new study p...
to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. Female Aedes scapularis feed from humans and a range of other animals, readily enter buildings and feed from human hosts indoors, and relatively few mosquito species do this, officials said. The mosquitoes are also vectors of disease such as yellow fever, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, and dog heartworm, according to Chalmers Vasquez, the research director of the team that discovered the mosquito in South Florida. "The reporting of the Aedes scapularis can be of great medical and veterinary importance," Vaszuez said in a statement. "This al...
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Researchers say it has also turned up in Broward County. “The reporting of the Aedes scapularis can be of great medical and veterinary importance, as these mosquitoes are vectors of disease such as yellow fever, Venezuelan equine encephalitis and dog heartworm,” Research Director Chalmers Vasquez said in a statement. “This also highlights the importance of South Florida as the point of entry of invasive species that might eventually lead to outbreaks of mosquito-transmitted diseases in our population.” The Aedes scapularis mosquito was previously only known in Florida from three spe...