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Aedes albopictus  is a very invasive and aggressive insect vector that causes outbreaks of dengue fever, chikungunya disease, and yellow fever in many countries. Vector ecology and disease epidemiology are strongly affected by environmental changes. Urbanization is a worldwide trend and is one of the most ecologically modifying phenomena. The purpose of this study is to determine how environmental changes due to urbanization affect the ecology of  Aedes albopictus .    Methods  Aquatic habitats and  Aedes albopictus  larval population surveys were conducted from May to November 2013 in three areas representing rural, suburban, and urban settings in Guangzhou, China.  Ae. albopictus  adults were collected monthly using BG-Sentinel traps.  Ae. albopictus  larva and adult life-table experiments were conducted with 20 replicates in each of the three study areas.    Results  The urban area had the highest and the rural area had the lowest number of aquatic habitats that tested positive for  Ae. albopictus  larvae. Densities in the larval stages varied among the areas, but the urban area had almost two-fold higher densities in pupae and three-fold higher in adult populations compared with the suburban and rural areas. Larvae developed faster and the adult emergence rate was higher in the urban area than in suburban and rural areas. The survival time of adult mosquitoes was also longer in the urban area than it was in suburban and rural areas. Study regions, surface area, water depth, water clearance, surface type, and canopy coverage were important factors associated with the presence of  Ae. albopictus  larvae.    Conclusions  Urbanization substantially increased the density, larval development rate, and adult survival time of  Ae. albopictus , which in turn potentially increased the vector capacity, and therefore, disease transmissibility. Mosquito ecology and its correlation with dengue virus transmission should be compared in different environmental settings.

Urbanization Increases Aedes albopictus Larval Habitats and Accelerates Mosquito Development and Survivorship