Three specimens of the larger mosquito (Culiseta annulata) were found last week in Kjós north of Reykjavik, reports the Icelandic Morgunbladid.
I realized directly that this was something I had never seen before, says Björn Hjaltason, who discovered the mosquitoes in his garden, to the newspaper.
Matthías Alfredsson, entomologist at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, was later able to determine the species of the insects. And the mosquitoes are probably "here to stay", he says to the public service company Rúv.
Researchers have warned that the mosquitoes would soon find their way to Iceland, reports Rúv. The discovery comes at the same time as the Atlantic island is warming up 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.
