Abstract
This chapter describes Aedes aegypti's close association with man based on published scientific literature tempered with the author's personal experience with the vector, the author having lived in an unscreened house in Queensland, Australia where A. aegypti are encountered almost daily, and having directed the dengue control program in north Queensland, Australia for Queensland Health from 1994 to 2010. The adult behaviour of the vector, including blood feeding, adult harborage, flight behaviour, flight distance and dispersal, and the use of opportunities offered by artificial containers for oviposition, are presented. The chapter also examines the vector's population dynamics, biogeography and spread.