This mosquito is rarely found more than 100 m from its source and thus proven controllable. Perhaps the newcomer A. albopictus will also adapt so that it too will become a household mosquito, depending much on artificial breeding sites not on sylvan ones.

A. albopictus, more rural than urban A. aegypti, is known through southeastern US since 1985 and through northeastern Mexico since 1989. A. albopictus carries many similar viruses like Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, Cache Valley, Keystone, Tensaw and Potosi viruses.