Short communication Aedes aegypti (diptera: Culicidae) in St. Joseph County, Indiana

Two adult female specimens of Aedes aegypti, the Yellow Fever mosquito, were collected on separate occasions in September of 2006 at a collection site in St. Joseph County, Indiana. The eggs of this species are not believed to be capable of surviving the winter in this area and were most likely introduced with a shipment of used automobile tires to a tire recycling facility located near the collection site. This finding emphasizes the need for caution and the potential for transport of exotic species in cargo shipments of this kind, and also represents the northernmost report of this species in the midwestern United States to date.