Experimental area for seasonal egg laying dynamics and first annual egg hatching monitoring of <i>Aedes albopictus</i> in Mediterranean France.

<p>The area monitored by ovitraps from summer solstice 2010 to summer solstice 2012 was computed as the surface of the smallest polygon including all traps with a buffer distance of 50 m (black area). This area was safe from outdoor insecticide spraying for vector control (circles). Ten infested places localized around the ovitraps network were inspected daily in March 2011 and 2012 to detect the first larvae of the year (triangles).