Today we are in search of Aedes albopictus. Their long, thin legs are divided into segments by white stripes, and there is a white-silver streak on the back of the thorax. Right now it is the only known "vector" (ie carrier) of dengue fever in the northern Taiwan area.
今天要抓的「白線斑蚊」，細長的蚊腳被白色斑點分成一節節、胸部背上還有一條銀白線，它是目前所知台灣中北部傳播登革熱的唯一病媒蚊。