‘The last fortress has fallen’, mosquitoes found in Iceland for the 1st time

Bring back DDT. Just for one spring. Enough to knock the frickers down but not kill eagles

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DDT

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Wrasslin' has jumped the shark with this one.

Mosquitos are God's tiny wrath on his most sinful children.

Iceland was doing great until they started killing their downs babies.

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Three mosquitoes have been found in West Iceland, the first confirmed discovery of mosquitoes on Icelandic soil, according to the Icelandic Institute of Natural History.

As reported by RÚV, the insects were identified earlier this month by Björn Hjaltason, who reported the find in the Facebook group Insects in Iceland.

“At dusk on October 16, I caught sight of a strange fly on a red wine ribbon,” Björn said, referring to the trap he uses to attract insects. “I immediately suspected what was going on and quickly collected the fly. It was a female.”

Björn later captured two more specimens and sent them to the Institute of Natural History, where entomologist Matthías Alfreðsson confirmed they were mosquitoes, specifically the species Culiseta annulata.

A Small Buzz in West Iceland
Matthías described the find as significant, noting that this cold-resistant species can survive Icelandic conditions by sheltering through winter in basements and barns.

“This is the first time mosquitoes have been found in Iceland,” Matthías said, adding that while individual flies have occasionally been found on aircraft arriving in the country, none had previously been discovered outdoors.

Scientists have long predicted mosquitoes could establish themselves in Iceland, particularly after the louse fly (Hippoboscidae) became established in 2015.

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March 24th - Found this friend in the window box, extra chewing gum for size ??
Google lens says mosquito ?? can anyone identify the species or give suggestions ?

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Iceland has been getting many more insects lately. They hitch a ride in, then find their habitat in basements. There's a whole FB page dedicated to photos of newly discovered insects
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1440899369518682/

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Mosquitos are God's tiny wrath on his most sinful children

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Every living creature has a function...

I guess a mosquito's function is to make mankind miserable and sick...

Honestly I was just talking about how I haven’t hardly been bitten by a mosquito all year and I live in the Ms Delta and am out on the farm at night a lot

They used to tear me up but the population seems way down now. Maybe all the farm chemicals are killing them