Mosquitoes and hard ticks are vectors of serious diseases, but factors affecting the abundance and distribution of vector species are not well-understood. Therefore, we monitored mosquito populations from three potential mosquito habitats using black light traps and BG-Sentinel traps in Gyeonggi-do, 2016. Also, we surveyed ticks using CO2-based traps at one location in Gyeonggi-do, 2016. From the traps, we collected a total of 4,818 mosquitoes in three potential mosquito habitats, and 3,207 ticks in Gyeonggi-do. Among the collected samples, the highest density of mosquitoes were observed in August, and tick density was highest in August either. In the samples, dominant mosquitoes were Aedes vexans nipponii (Species Ratio 49%), and Culex pipens pallens (SR 25%) in mosquito habitats and dominant ticks were Haemaphysalis longicornis (SR 56%) in Gyeonggi-do. This monitoring program for vector species can help develop effective management strategy, especially under the global climate change.

• Minhyung Jung(Department of Life Sciences, Gachon University)
• Po-Hyun Park(Gyeonggi Institute of Health Environment)
• Young-Ran Joo(Division of Medical Entomology, Korea National Institute of Health)
• Lee-Hyeon Sin(Division of Medical Entomology, Korea National Institute of Health)
• Uk-Gyo Lee(Division of Medical Entomology, Korea National Institute of Health)
• Doo-Hyung Lee(Department of Life Sciences, Gachon University)