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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country | Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Because they’re sterile, they can’t spread to other regions.

That really should have been obvious, lol.

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