On October 16, Björn Hjaltason spotted an unfamiliar insect drifting through the air in Kjós, a valley north of Reykjavík. “I immediately had a suspicion about what it might be and quickly collected the fly. It was a female,” he told Icelandic broadcaster RÚV. It turns out that was no fly. Hjaltason had captured one of Iceland’s first mosquitoes—a Culiseta annulata, one of the largest and hardiest European mosquito species. In most places, that wouldn’t be anything newsworthy. But in Iceland, it’s stunning.
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