GREENFIELD, Wisconsin (WISN) — A new mosquito species is showing up in Wisconsin, raising concerns about its potential impact.
The Asian tiger mosquito, originally from Asia, was first discovered in Wisconsin in 2017. Since then, it has been concentrated in small population pockets near Madison and Milwaukee, according to Nick Dowdy of the Milwaukee Public Museum.
“They’re called that because they have this sort of black and white stripes on their body, not because they’re particularly dangerous more so than any other mosquito. However, they can vector diseases like West Nile as well as Zika,” Dowdy said…