Table 5.

Number of references (ref) per coding theme across newspaper articles (art) on Asian tiger mosquito

Code	Reference frequency	Content of references
Governmental action	80 ref. 56 art.	– Mostly eradication campaigns and monitoring activities by NVWA: placing traps, administering larvicides to standing water, and checking for breeding spots – Municipalities sometimes involved, to inform residents about the NVWA activities – A few references to research into the occurrence of the mosquito conducted by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control or the Dutch counterpart RIVM – Cooperation from the community required, as the NVWA needed to enter yards to check for mosquitos and potential breeding spots
Governmental inertia	28 ref. 28 art.	– Municipalities refer to the NVWA for management – Refraining from employing the army for eradication campaigns – Lack of mandate for government to create regulation regarding companies importing tires and bamboo plants – Pausing eradication of Asian mosquitos (Ae. albopictus and Ae. Japonicus) in the province of Flevoland while the NVWA and RIVM reassess strategies
Community action	37 ref. 27 art.	– Granting NVWA access to yards for eradication campaign – Reporting sightings of the mosquito – Removing potential breeding places for mosquitos in yards – NGO Platform Stop Invasieve Exoten calling for attention for the mosquito. Suing the national government, aiming for regulation regarding companies importing automobile tires – Researcher Bart Knols raising awareness about the mosquito and approaching the government; covenant between national government and tire-importing companies on installing traps and storing tires in a dry place – A company importing tires from countries where the mosquito has established stores these in a dry area and has mosquito traps installed around the area
Community inertia	3 ref. 2 art.	– People are not worried about the mosquito and take no measures – People do not check their caravans after returning from vacation in southern Europe
Negative impacts	66 ref. 56 art.	– Potential to spread diseases – Painful bite
Positive impacts	0	None
Ambiguous impacts	12 ref. 10 art.	– Uncertainties regarding future spread and source of exterminated mosquitos

NVWA Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment