Table 1.

Summary information of MRR studies conducted with Ae. albopictus

Study	Continent, country, location	Mosquito source	Marking	No. released	Recapture method	Trapping effort	Recapture rate (%)	MAX (m)	MDT (m)	FR90 (m)
[44]	Europe, Italy, Castel Maggiore	Laboratory colony	FD	1700 ♂♂	Aspiration	4–5 people, 9 h over 3 days	1.5	218	148	119
			WB0	920 ♂♂			2.9	196	97	162
	Europe, Italy, Altedo		FD	3600 ♂♂			0.6	236	115	175
			WB0	2100 ♂♂			2.4	323	203	309
	Europe, Italy, Castello d’Argile		FD	2000 ♂♂			4.7	238	109	176
			WB0	1600 ♂♂			11.1	312	212	307
Present study	Europe, Switzerland, Coldrerio	Field population	FD	427 ♂♂ + ♀♀	BG-sentinel (no CO2)	8.9 traps/km2, over 22 days	9.3	960	631	826
	Europe, Switzerland, Lugano		FD	425 ♂♂ + ♀♀		8.3 traps/km2, over 22 days	2.1	977	685	861
[45]	Europe, Italy, Rome	Reared from field-collected eggs	FD	1582 blood-fed ♀♀	Sticky trap	a278 traps/km2, over 21 days	4.5	199	105	168
								168	118	191
								290	154	236
[46]	Africa, La Réunion, Saint Pierre	Laboratory colony from field-collected eggs	FD	704 ♂♂	BG-sentinel (no CO2-mice)	a2500 traps/km2	13.4	≥ 50	na	na
				813 ♂♂ + ♀♀		a889 traps/km2, 3 weeks	16.5	100	na	na
[50]	Africa, La Réunion, Sainte Marie	Field-collected eggs	FD	2493 ♂♂	BG-sentinel (no CO2-mice)	20 traps in 0.0707 km2 over 4 days of collection; 3Rep	5.9	≥ 150	46	na
				2731 ♂♂			5.6		67	na
				1453 ♂♂			11.6		37	na
		Laboratory colony	FD	2589 ♂♂			4.1		65	na
				1497 ♂♂			11.9		42	na
[49]	Africa, La Réunion, Saint Pierre	Laboratory colony from field-collected eggs	FD	913 ♀♀	BG-sentinel (no CO2-mice)	a637 traps/km2, 4 × 6 days	9.4	≥ 100	na	na
				1914 ♂♂			7.2	≥ 100	na	na
[36]	North America, Texas, Central Texas	Field population	13N, 13C	1003 ♂♂ + ♀♀	CDC gravid + CDC light + BG-sentinel	80 traps per 78 locations over 5 months	18 ♀♀	737	300	na
							2.3 ♂♂	33	300	na
							3.8 ♀♀	656	400	na
							3.5 ♂♂	1900	1100	na
[60]	North America, Hawaii, Oahu	Laboratory colony	CD	7100 ♂♂ + ♀♀	HLC	na	3.8	430	na	na
[28]	North America, Missouri	Field-reared adults	FD	13,513 ♂♂ + ♀♀	Aspiration	16 days	8.1	525♀♀	na	na
								225♀♀
[54]	North America, FL, Gainsville	Field-caught adults	FD	na	Sticky ovitrap	50 traps/250 m over 32 days	9.3	149	58–78	na
[48]	South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro	Laboratory colony from field-collected immatures	FD	2689 ♂♂ + ♀♀	Aspiration + Ovitrap	140 min every 3rd day	1.6	≥ 1250	na	na
			RB	774 ♀♀	Ovitrap	70 traps along 1 km trail over 34 days	na	≥ 1000
[61]	South America, Brazil, Nova Iguaçu	Laboratory colony	RB	2225 ♀♀	Ovitrap	a183 traps/km2, 6 days	na	800	na	na
[51]	Asia, Japan, Nagasaki	Laboratory colony; field population	IM	706 ♀♀	HLC	10 collection points during 13 days	13.0	na	na	na
				150 ♀♀			20.7
[52]	Asia, Japan, Ishigaki	Field-collected adults	IM	232 ♀♀	HLC	4 collection points over 9 days	20.7	≥ 187	na	na
[22]	Asia, Japan, Nagasaki	Laboratory colony (ld)	FD	1000 ♀♀	HLC/ Aspiration	16 days	15.4	≥ 260	na	na
				1000 ♂♂		14 days	10.6
				1500 ♀♀			5.9
				1000 ♂♂			7.2
[62]	Asia, Singapore, Bidadari Geylang	Laboratory colony	RB	100 gravid ♀♀	Ovitrap	a33 traps/km2	na	≥ 320	na	na
				100 gravid ♀♀		a23 traps/km2, 4 days
[63]	Oceania, French Polynesia, Taiaro	3 laboratory colonies	None	6000–12,000 ♂♂ + ♀♀ of each colony	HLC, nets and larval sampling	3 weeks	na	≥ 600	na	na

^aRecalculated based on published data

Abbreviations: FD, adult mosquitoes marked by fluorescent pigment; CD, adult mosquitoes marked by coloured pigment; hd, larvae reared at high density (4000/tray); HLC, human landing catches; IM, individual marking of wings or thorax; ld, larvae reared at low density (100/tray); RB, females fed with rubidium which accumulates in the eggs; WB0, adult males marked by removing Wolbachia; ¹⁵N, ¹⁵N stable isotope enrichment; ¹³C, ¹³C stable isotope enrichment; MAX, maximum dispersal distance; MDT, mean distance travelled; FR, flight range