Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culiseta annulata in Iceland

Posted by John Carr on 23-10-2025 14:31
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BBC reports a resident of Iceland found "a strange fly" he had never seen before:
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time after the country experienced record-breaking heat this spring.
Insect enthusiast Bjorn Hjaltason encountered the mosquitoes over several nights last week while using wine-soaked ropes to observe moths, local media reported.
Mr Hjaltason found two female mosquitoes and one male which were later confirmed to be Culiseta annulata, one of few species that can successfully survive winter.
I don't think this has been formally published. The Icelandic Institute of Natural History has the specimens and posted an announcement in Icelandic: https://www.natt....yrsta-sinn.