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Table 1 Summary information of MRR studies conducted with Ae. albopictus

From: Active dispersal of Aedes albopictus: a mark-release-recapture study using self-marking units

Study

Continent, country, location

Mosquito source

Marking

No. released

Recapture method

Trapping effort

Recapture rate (%)

MAX (m)

MDT (m)

FR90 (m)

[44]

Europe, Italy, Castel Maggiore

Laboratory colony

FD

1700 ♂♂

Aspiration

4–5 people, 9 h over 3 days

1.5

218

148

119

WB0

920 ♂♂

2.9

196

97

162

Europe, Italy, Altedo

FD

3600 ♂♂

0.6

236

115

175

WB0

2100 ♂♂

2.4

323

203

309

Europe, Italy, Castello d’Argile

FD

2000 ♂♂

4.7

238

109

176

WB0

1600 ♂♂

11.1

312

212

307

Present study

Europe, Switzerland, Coldrerio

Field population

FD

427 ♂♂ + ♀♀

BG-sentinel (no CO2)

8.9 traps/km2, over 22 days

9.3

960

631

826

Europe, Switzerland, Lugano

FD

425 ♂♂ + ♀♀

8.3 traps/km2, over 22 days

2.1

977

685

861

[45]

Europe, Italy, Rome

Reared from field-collected eggs

FD

1582 blood-fed ♀♀

Sticky trap

a278 traps/km2, over 21 days

4.5

199

105

168

168

118

191

290

154

236

[46]

Africa, La Réunion, Saint Pierre

Laboratory colony from field-collected eggs

FD

704 ♂♂

BG-sentinel (no CO2-mice)

a2500 traps/km2

13.4

≥ 50

na

na

813 ♂♂ + ♀♀

a889 traps/km2, 3 weeks

16.5

100

na

na

[50]

Africa, La Réunion, Sainte Marie

Field-collected eggs

FD

2493 ♂♂

BG-sentinel (no CO2-mice)

20 traps in 0.0707 km2 over 4 days of collection; 3Rep

5.9

≥ 150

46

na

2731 ♂♂

5.6

67

na

1453 ♂♂

11.6

37

na

Laboratory colony

FD

2589 ♂♂

4.1

65

na

1497 ♂♂

11.9

42

na

[49]

Africa, La Réunion, Saint Pierre

Laboratory colony from field-collected eggs

FD

913 ♀♀

BG-sentinel (no CO2-mice)

a637 traps/km2, 4 × 6 days

9.4

≥ 100

na

na

1914 ♂♂

7.2

≥ 100

na

na

[36]

North America, Texas, Central Texas

Field population

13N, 13C

1003 ♂♂ + ♀♀

CDC gravid + CDC light + BG-sentinel

80 traps per 78 locations over 5 months

18 ♀♀

737

300

na

2.3 ♂♂

33

300

na

3.8 ♀♀

656

400

na

3.5 ♂♂

1900

1100

na

[60]

North America, Hawaii, Oahu

Laboratory colony

CD

7100 ♂♂ + ♀♀

HLC

na

3.8

430

na

na

[28]

North America, Missouri

Field-reared adults

FD

13,513 ♂♂ + ♀♀

Aspiration

16 days

8.1

525♀♀

na

na

225♀♀

[54]

North America, FL, Gainsville

Field-caught adults

FD

na

Sticky ovitrap

50 traps/250 m over 32 days

9.3

149

58–78

na

[48]

South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Laboratory colony from field-collected immatures

FD

2689 ♂♂ + ♀♀

Aspiration + Ovitrap

140 min every 3rd day

1.6

≥ 1250

na

na

RB

774 ♀♀

Ovitrap

70 traps along 1 km trail over 34 days

na

≥ 1000

[61]

South America, Brazil, Nova Iguaçu

Laboratory colony

RB

2225 ♀♀

Ovitrap

a183 traps/km2, 6 days

na

800

na

na

[51]

Asia, Japan, Nagasaki

Laboratory colony; field population

IM

706 ♀♀

HLC

10 collection points during 13 days

13.0

na

na

na

150 ♀♀

20.7

[52]

Asia, Japan, Ishigaki

Field-collected adults

IM

232 ♀♀

HLC

4 collection points over 9 days

20.7

≥ 187

na

na

[22]

Asia, Japan, Nagasaki

Laboratory colony (ld)

FD

1000 ♀♀

HLC/ Aspiration

16 days

15.4

≥ 260

na

na

1000 ♂♂

14 days

10.6

1500 ♀♀

5.9

1000 ♂♂

7.2

[62]

Asia, Singapore, Bidadari Geylang

Laboratory colony

RB

100 gravid ♀♀

Ovitrap

a33 traps/km2

na

≥ 320

na

na

100 gravid ♀♀

a23 traps/km2, 4 days

[63]

Oceania, French Polynesia, Taiaro

3 laboratory colonies

None

6000–12,000 ♂♂ + ♀♀ of each colony

HLC, nets and larval sampling

3 weeks

na

≥ 600

na

na

  1. aRecalculated based on published data
  2. Abbreviations: FD, adult mosquitoes marked by fluorescent pigment; CD, adult mosquitoes marked by coloured pigment; hd, larvae reared at high density (4000/tray); HLC, human landing catches; IM, individual marking of wings or thorax; ld, larvae reared at low density (100/tray); RB, females fed with rubidium which accumulates in the eggs; WB0, adult males marked by removing Wolbachia; 15N, 15N stable isotope enrichment; 13C, 13C stable isotope enrichment; MAX, maximum dispersal distance; MDT, mean distance travelled; FR, flight range