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Iceland Loses Mosquito-Free Status Following Discovery in Kiðafell
- Recently, Iceland reported mosquitoes on its soil for the first time after they were found on a 'wine rope' used to trap moths in Kiðafell, Kjós.
- The country is warming as Iceland heats at four times the rate of the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, allowing mosquitoes to complete their life cycle, experts link to the climate crisis.
- The specimens—two females and one male—were confirmed by Matthías Alfreðsson, entomologist at the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, as Culiseta annulata, which survives winters by sheltering indoors.
- Public-Health authorities warn Iceland's finding adds to a troubling trend of mosquito range expansion, raising serious global public health concerns.
- Scientists had predicted mosquitoes would arrive given Iceland’s marshes and ponds, while UK scientists recently found tropical eggs including the Asian tiger mosquito.
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