Where and how do aedes breed?
Both aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus are essentially urban and exclusively feed on humans, living around human habitation, breeding in small pockets of water, tree holes, bamboo stumps, leaf axils, flower pots, water jars, tin cans, old tyres. Eggs can survive on damp surfaces or in mud and can withstand desiccation well, eventually hatching with periods of rain. This mechanism allows them to survive in dry seasons. Hence if you have aedes around your house, it is not enough simply to empty breeding sites, but you need to scour the surfaces briefly with a scrubbing brush to detach larvae and eggs.
