Larvae and adults of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), were collected from the wells of industrial construction tires in Fayette Co., Kentucky, on July 27 , 7987 . This is the first record of this mosquito in the state. The tires were located at a facility that dealt entirely with the sale and distribution of new tires for the heavy construction industry. Approximately 100 tires were on the premises at the time of the 1987 collection and were stored outdoors with no protection. These tires measured approximately 2.4 m high x 0.5 m deep x 0.3 m wide. As far as we were able to determine ca.75% of these tires had been received from Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, with the remainder from Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Portland, Oregon and New Jersey. The tires were not shipped in containers to Fayette County. Although these tires were manufactured in Japan, they could have become infested with Ae. ahopictus eggs at any point during their subsequent distribution once inside the United States. Larvae collected from these tires were transferred to the laboratory and reared to adults. Of the 94 adults that emerged the following species composition was noted: 27.7% Ae. albopicttts; 36.2% Ae. atropalpus (Coquillett); 23.4% Ae. triseriatus (Say); 4% Culex pipens complex; 5.3% Cx. salinarius Coquillett and. l% Anopheles punctipennis (Say). C. G. Moore (Division of Vector-Borne Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Ft. Collins, CO) confirmed the identification of Ae. albopictus. Because of unconfirmed reports that there was malathion resistance in the Houston and New Orleans Ae. ahopictw strains (G. B. Craig, University of Notre Dame, personal communication), the Kentucky strain was tested for susceptibility to malathion (95Vo Al, American Cyanamid, Princeton, NJ). In addition, this strain was tested for its susceptibility to permethrin (95.2Vo AI, Burroughs Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, NC) and Bacillus thuringensis vat. israelensis (B.t.i.) (5,500 IU/mg, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL). For the susceptibility study, F1 larvae were reared from eggs of the Ae. albopirtus Kentucky