Sm. Hanson et al., AEDES-ALBOPICTUS AND AEDES-TRISERIATUS EGGS SURVIVE WASTE TIRE PROCESSING, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 12(4), 1996, pp. 728-729
Tires that were either crudely chopped or more finely processed into s
hreds contained viable eggs. Field-collected remnants of 2-3 chopped t
ires contained viable Aedes albopictus eggs. After shredding tires see
ded with mosquito eggs, 34 (4.6%) of an estimated 746 Ae, albopictus e
ggs and 21 (2.7%) of an estimated 774 Aedes triseriatus eggs survived.
Chopped and shredded tire remnants may serve as a means of dispersing
mosquitoes.