- ----------------------------------WILDLIFE SINGAPORE YCKC series. Part 1/20I have been photographing the flora and fauna in the Yio Chu Kang Crescent (YCKC) forested area since 2017. It is 12th March 2025. There is a new crop of flora and younger fauna after their absence in 2024.
More Asian Tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) are present now.
DANGERS TO PEOPLE
Female Asian Tiger Mosquitoes transmit dengue fever, yellow fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis,Chikungunya fever, Zika viral infection.
DANGER TO DOGS AND CATS
Female Asian Tiger Mosquitoes transmit Dirofilaria immitis which is a parasitic roundworm that causes heart failure in dogs and cats.
As many as 30 species of mosquitoes can transmit heartworms. The life cycle begins when a female mosquito bites an infected dog and ingests the microfilariae during a blood meal.
Heartworms can infect your pet year-round and preventing them is much easier. Ask your vet for the monthly heartworm medicine.Keep pets indoors overnight and avoiding walks at dusk or dawn when mosquitoes may be feeding can help prevent exposure to mosquitoes that could be carrying heartwormTO BUY STOCK PHOTOS OF MOSQUITOS OR OTHER IMAGES:
www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvetsUPDATES:
Script for Heartworms in Dogs --- 2025 Be Kind To Pets Veterinary Educational Video:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2025/03/4492-healthcare-asian-tiger-mosquitoes.html
2008 Vet Case Study:A Rottweiler with clinical heartworm disease was given heartworm medication.
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/11/3435-heatworms.htmlA study showed that the chances of getting dengue from a mosquito bite are around 2%. Hence the public health policy to control of mosquito vector at home has to extend to universal control at any public places
Singapore saw the number of dengue cases drop to 9,949 in 2023, down from the 32,173 cases seen in 2022. This is a decrease by 69 per cent compared to the 32,173 reported dengue cases in 2022
No.
I see the mosquitoes attacking my exposed wrist and face.
A person may get serious dengue fever if he is bitten multiple times.
If they are infected with the dengue-fever viral particles in their saliva, I will get serious dengue fever since I frequent this area to take photos in the morning and evening.
Should I quit?PREVENTION OF DENQUE FEVER.
Use insect repellent.Wear loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants.
Take steps to control mosquitoes in and around your home.
CONCLUSION
Since 2017 to 2025, I have not been infected with dengue fever. I do have dog cases with a heavy heartworm infestations in the earlier years when Singapore was not so well urbanised.TO BUY STOCK PHOTOS OF MOSQUITOS OR OTHER IMAGES:
www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets
UPDATES:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2025/03/4492-healthcare-asian-tiger-mosquitoes.html------------------------------
WILDLIFE
SINGAPORE YCKC series. Part 1/20
The forested area of Yio Chu
Kang Crescent (YCKC) where I photograph flora and fauna from 2017 to
2025 has numerous Asian Tiger mosquitoes today on 3 March 2025.
Bright and sunny, blue skies, slight breeze cool off my sweaty
shirt. A great time for photography.
The challenge was the
attack by the Asian Tiger mosquitoes, hovering around my trousers,
camera, my face and wrists. I wore long pants and long sleeves, so
the mosquitoes could only bite the exposed skin on my wrists and
face.
Only
two species – Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
– are able to transmit dengue in Singapore.
Normal mosquitoes do not carry dengue causingviral particles in the saliva.
An increase in the population of the Aedes aegypti mosquito since 2017 leads to more dengue fever cases.
They have characteristic black and white
markings on their bodies and legs.
An
Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is black
with white spots.
Its antenna has scanty hairs (this image)
unlike bushy or feathery antenna in the male.
Both
have elongated proboscis (beak).
Female
bites, males don’t.
Female takes blood meal, males sip nectar.
"Elongated" means long in relation to width, especially unusually so.
"the male and female Asian Tiger Mosquito are small, around 5cm in total length, but they have elongated proboscis".
DANGERS TO PEOPLE
Female Asian
Tiger Mosquitos transmit dengue fever, yellow fever, malaria,
Japanese encephalitis,Chikungunya fever, Zika viral
infection.
DANGER TO DOGS AND CATS
Female Asian Tiger
Mosquitos transmit Dirofilaria
immitis which is a parasitic roundworm
that causes heart failure in dogs and cats.
Adult Asian Tiger mosquitoes are black with distinctive white stripes.
It
escapes most attempts by people to swat it.
Elongated proboscis
(beak) for female to take blood meal and male to sip plant
nectar.
Thorax white racing stripe down the upper midline of its
head down the thorax.
Abdomen has incomplete white stripes which
appear as lines of white dots.
Total length around 5mm or 0.25
inch.
Legs are broadly striped with snow white scales.
PREVENTION OF DENGUE FEVER
Use insect repellent.
Wear loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants.
Take steps to control mosquitoes in and around your home.
CONTROL
Aedes mosquitoes prefer to bite people, but they can also bite dogs and other domestic animals
It takes multiple bites/infections from mosquitoes infected with the dengue virus for a person to become seriously ill with dengue.
A
study showed that the chances of getting dengue from a mosquito bite
are around 2%. Hence the public health policy to control of mosquito
vector at home has to extend to universal control at any public
places
Singapore saw the number of dengue cases drop to 9,949 in 2023, down from the 32,173 cases seen in 2022. This is a decrease by 69 per cent compared to the 32,173 reported dengue cases in 2022
TO
BUY STOCK PHOTOS OF MOSQUITOS OR OTHER
IMAGES:
www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets
UPDATES:
Script for Heartworms in Dogs --- 2025 Be
Kind To Pets Veterinary Educational Video:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2025/03/4492-healthcare-asian-tiger-mosquitoes.html
2008 Vet Case Study:A Rottweiler with clinical heartworm disease was
given heartworm medication.
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/11/3435-heatworms.html
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