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clarkrd t1_jd6uewc wrote

People of Iceland don't exist?

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OorPancake t1_jd6umy0 wrote

Midges invaded Iceland in 2015 and are already proving as much of a nuisance as they are in Scotland.

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kudichangedlives t1_jd6zbwx wrote

Are you saying that you could probably extort the entire country of Iceland with a U-Haul and some mosquitos?

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_Dnikeb t1_jd72px1 wrote

The most common explanation for why there are no mosquitoes in Iceland is that the frequent freezing-thawing cycles kill off mosquito brood by not giving it enough time to develop between frosts. But that doesn't explain why other insects with much longer life cycles, such as wasps, manage to thrive.

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kudichangedlives t1_jd73jb4 wrote

Replying to p-d-ball (#2,301,413)

It's a very cheap plan and we are welcome to investors, the only entry requirement is that you provide information on your base of operations and a list of invasive species that would be detrimental to the local ecosystem and population, so we can help protect our partners from invasive species that is.

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kudichangedlives t1_jd747gk wrote

Replying to p-d-ball (#2,301,443)

Hey, I just want to steal everything in Iceland's history museum and put it all on South Georgia island with some sort of nuclear deterrent to moving it off of South Georgia island.

If I have to release a hoard of rabid Spidermen to do it, then by god we're getting radioactive spiders

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LipTrev t1_jd78u3w wrote

Nuisance is kind of lightweight word for what mosquitoes have done to them human race.

It is claimed that malaria has killed half of all humans who ever lived.

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ElDoo74 t1_jd7bdam wrote

TIL that people don't exist in Iceland.

/s

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Artiquecircle t1_jd7edga wrote

Boy were they in for a shock when emigrating to ‘New Iceland’ in the 1800’s. Mosquito population: infinate.

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Altaira99 t1_jd7ljt4 wrote

Europeans brought mosquitos to Hawaii.

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FatherOften t1_jd7sa7c wrote

Good on you Iceland! Here in Texas the mosquitoes have already come out.

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erlend65 t1_jd7v2t1 wrote

No mosquitoes but no McDonald's.

The pros and cons of Iceland...

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Nathe-01 t1_jd7vg0d wrote

There are no mosquitoes in Ba Sing Se

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Nutsnboldt t1_jd89i0y wrote

TIL: Mosquitoes don’t exist in Iceland.

Things I didn’t learn to day: Mosquitoes can be a nuisance.

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DarthLysergis t1_jd8vp5j wrote

I'm sure they exist in AZ, but I lived in Phoenix for 4 years and never saw a mosquito.

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AndiLivia t1_jd91jo8 wrote

They've had it too good for too long. Let's bring mosquitos to iceland.

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Serg_is_Legend t1_jd9f7n2 wrote

Oh man I’d totally move there if my girl didn’t have the most aggressive case of Raynaud’s syndrome I’ve ever seen

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AnthillOmbudsman t1_jda1p1x wrote

Well, wait until they get a damaged shipping container from Miami that's caved in and shit has been breeding inside.

Texas got tiger mosquitos (a larger and more annoying variety) in 1985 from tires brought into Houston from Hong Kong. They're all over the state now.

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lurker12346 t1_jda50t2 wrote

Well they can be a nuisance for them if they go to a place with mosquitos

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TheStoneMask t1_jdetqv2 wrote

Replying to OorPancake (#2,301,143)

Biting midges have been in Iceland for a long time. This article from 2000 (in Icelandic) mentions 4 species of biting midges, 1 of which preys on mammals, including humans.

In 2015, a new species of biting midges appeared and started spreading through South and West, and that species turned out to be much more aggressive, and also much smaller than the native species, meaning it can get through the bug nets over the windows and bite people in their sleep.

Reports of excessive midge bites became much more prevalent following this new species, which is why that "problem" dates to that year, although biting midges are not new.

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