Bastion breached: Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as warming climate triggers buzz

The country is heating up at four times the rate of the rest of the northern hemisphere, and glaciers have been collapsing fast too.

For the first time, mosquitoes have been found in Iceland, signalling yet another inevitable consequence of climate crisis, the Guardian has reported.

Representational image. (AP)

Matthias Alfreosson, an entomologist at the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, who confirmed the findings, said the insects were sent to him by a citizen scientist. “Three specimens of Culiseta annulata were found in Kioafell, Kjos, two females and one male. They were all collected from wine ropes during wine roping aimed at attracting moths,” the Guardian quoted