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What's the average life span of mosquitoes? Assuming the climate in Iceland has become warm enough for them to survive there, how did they get there in the firs
by behnamoh 1y ago
What's the average life span of mosquitoes? Assuming the climate in Iceland has become warm enough for them to survive there, how did they get there in the first place? Is the atmosphere just full of insect eggs?
- dmicah 1y agoThey probably hitched a ride on human travel. The article says "It’s unclear how the mosquito arrived in Iceland, but theories include the possibility it came via ships or containers."
- pixl97 1y agoStagnant fresh water in a ship most likely.
- axus 1y agoIsn't Iceland the green island, and Greenland the icy one?
- lenerdenator 1y agoI went to Iceland for a trip in very late December. It's decidedly not green in winter.
- bonzini 1y agoTomorrow is going to be the first snowy day in Reykjavik this year.
- BaardFigur 1y agoIceland is plenty icy enough on its own. Lots of glaciers. But instead of covering 99% of the island, like Greenland, it's just a significant portion of it, instead. Also the weather there isn't particularly warm or great, even if it's more hospitable than Greenland
- tokai 1y agoIceland is more of a black stony desert.
- dec0dedab0de 1y agoThe species in the article is already adapted to cold weather. They will find out in the spring if it is adapted well enough to survive the icelandic winter It is remarkable this is the first time mosquitos have been found in the wild in Iceland though. Even if they died out in the winter, you would expect some to hide in shipping containers and lay eggs all summer. Which is how we got Tiger Mosquitos in New Jersey, and now it doesn't get cold enough to kill them and it is so much worse than it used to be.
- cogogo 1y agoSaw a tiger mosquito for the first time in Boston last fall. Reported it to the state but it is a losing battle and they are steadily establishing residency. Back again this season so a moderately cold winter still did not kill them off. They are extremely annoying as their primary prey are humans and they are very good at biting you without noticing - then comes the itch. Especially in late August into Oct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus
- unyttigfjelltol 1y agoLived in Mass. many years, always thought striped-leg mosquitoes were the native variety…. What did you think the city would do about it?
- BurningFrog 1y agoThere are mosquitos all across the arctic, in colder places that Iceland. They typically survive the winter in egg form.
- paul7986 1y agoIceland per my visits isn't frigid on average 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit in January. In it's capital at least. Overall im surprised they called it IceLand vs. WindLand. The wind is fierce.
- kulahan 1y agoThere's a (probably apocryphal) story that it was done for advertising reasons. Someone wanted people to sell land.
- throwway120385 1y agoOn old enough maps, I thought it was sometimes spelled Island not Iceland.
- Tistron 1y agoYeah, is-land means ice-land in Scandinavian languages.