Tolerance to temperature extremes determines the distribution limits in Ae. aegypti . The egg stage is the predominant stage for overwintering in Ae. j. japonicus [33–35] but larval overwintering has been reported [36, 37]. However, precise data on lower thermal limits of larval hatch from eggs and survival to adulthood in the Asian bush mosquito is lacking. Also, knowledge of temperature-dependence of life history trait parameters of the Asian bush mosquito is fragmentary. The larval stage has its upper-temperature limit for development between 28 °C and 34 °C, larvae reared at 10 °C were able to emerge, and the minimum thermal temperature for larval development was calculated to 7 °C . The development from egg hatch to emergence takes between 130 and 163 days at 10 °C and 11 to 18 days at 28 °C .