The mosquito plague has reached Iceland \u2013 one of the few places that has so far been spared. Three specimens of the greater spring mosquito (Culiseta annulata) were found last week in Kj\u00f3s north of Reykjavik, reports Icelandic newspaper Morgunbladid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 I immediately realized that this was something I had never seen before, Bj\u00f6rn Hjaltason, who discovered the mosquitoes in his garden, tells the newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matth\u00edas Alfredsson, an entomologist at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, was later able to identify the insects. And the mosquito is probably \u201dhere to stay,\u201d he tells public service broadcaster R\u00fav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scientists have warned that the mosquito could soon find its way to Iceland, R\u00fav reports. The discovery comes as the Atlantic island is warming four times faster than the northern hemisphere as a whole. Glaciers are collapsing and fish from warmer waters, such as mackerel, have recently been found in Icelandic waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Expressen.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Myggpl\u00e5gan har n\u00e5tt Island \u2013 en av f\u00e5 platser som hittills varit f\u00f6rskonad. Tre exemplar av st\u00f6rre v\u00e5rmygga (Culiseta annulata) hittades f\u00f6rra veckan i Kj\u00f3s norr om Reykjavik, rapporterar isl\u00e4ndska Morgunbladid. \u2013 Jag ins\u00e5g direkt att det h\u00e4r var n\u00e5got jag aldrig sett f\u00f6rut, s\u00e4ger Bj\u00f6rn Hjaltason, som uppt\u00e4ckte myggorna i sin tr\u00e4dg\u00e5rd, till tidningen. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":299647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[342,1863,6416,193],"class_list":["post-301588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turism","tag-island","tag-mygga","tag-reykjavik","tag-tag-turism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n