As of October 2025, the country of Iceland just discovered their first batch of mosquitos. <\/p>\n
While only a small number, this is historic news because of the general climate of this corner of the world; mosquitos had never been noticed nor found in Iceland since it was inhabited. <\/p>\n
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As the name implies, Iceland is typically cool, dry with some periods where \u201cheat\u201d relative to the area may try to sneak in pending the time of year. <\/p>\n
We Floridians are very familiar with mosquitos, especially during the rainy season. Any bit of standing water and you\u2019re looking at a breeding ground for these pests that try to zap you of your blood the first moment they get. <\/p>\n
Even just this morning upon stepping outside, despite the bit of dry weather we\u2019ve been having, I noticed mosquitos were still out and about thriving. <\/p>\n
The same can\u2019t be said for Iceland … usually. <\/p>\n
According to reports, the mosquitos were discovered by someone local to the country who noticed them stuck in an insect trap outside their property. <\/p>\n
Perplexed by what they were seeing, they immediately took a few of them and sent the samples to a local laboratory to confirm whether or not they were just seeing things. Turns out the lab results solidify the first small population of mosquitos to make their way into Iceland. <\/p>\n
On the surface this may not seem like much, but this is pretty big. The only other spot on our planet lacking a mosquito population is none other than Antarctica. You can probably surmise why that is. <\/p>\n
At first glance, you’d think no insect would want to set up shop in a place with morning temps starting in the low 20s upper teens. But changes in the long standing environment may be playing a role in allowing them to begin doing so. (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
In a perfect world, Iceland is far too harsh of a climate to sustain any type of water-born insect, especially mosquitos. However, given recent data suggesting the \u201cmoistening\u201d and warming of the region, things may be about to permanently change. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s been confirmed Iceland is warming about four-times the standard rate we\u2019ve observed in other corners of the world. This has reduced the amount of time they spend under extensively dry, and frigid conditions especially outside the summer months. <\/p>\n
Mosquitos love moisture, and most recently we’ve seen a pretty stead feed of moisture trying to up total humidity values for the area. (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
This is not the only spot across the globe to recently discover an uptick in these foreign insect species. <\/p>\n
To make matters worse, these are the same species – now considered an invasive species – that spread tropical viruses like the West Nile virus, dengue and the Zika virus we\u2019ve seen here in Central Florida. <\/p>\n
I believe the number one contributor to the changes being observed in Iceland have to do with water temperatures. Warmer than average temps have consistently been hanging out on all shores essentially of the nation, which will work to modify the local weather on day to day, month to month, year to year basis. (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
We could potentially see an evolution of these viral strains when introduced to a totally different climatology, considering most sicknesses tend to thrive when it\u2019s cold out and our immune systems are already in a somewhat weakened state. <\/p>\n
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