Surveillance Of The Invasive Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) In Skopje From 2017-2021

Surveillance in the city of Skopje for period 2017- 2021 was carried out by trapping adult mosquitoes with at three Biogent Mosquitaire PLUS^ТМ trap made in Germany, and liquid CO² was used as an attractant. The trapping was in the period from May to the end of October each year. The dynamics of changing the nets were every two weeks. The caught material was taken for laboratory analysis in the Center for Public Health, where the determination and quantitative analysis was performed. The determination of mosquitoes was performed through taxonomic-morphological characteristics with binocular. A total of 87,158 adult mosquitoes were caught, of which 984 were Ae. albopictus, that is, 1.13% of the population of the family Culicidae. Of them, 28 were males, and the remaining 956 were females. For a period of five years the surveillance, we have information that the Asian tiger mosquito is spreading very quickly in new settlements and its numbers are increase in the territory of the Skopje. Climate characteristics, rural-urban migration and faster urbanization of Skopje enabled Ae. albopictus to be established in about 80% of populated areas in Skopje in a short period of time. Of the invasive mosquito species, only Ae. albopictus is present in Skopje, North Macedonia.