ICELAND - First Mosquitos Discovered

Mosquitoes have been detected in Iceland for the first time as the region warms due to climate change.

The disease-carrying insect was first spotted by insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason, who posted to Facebook group Insects in Iceland about a “strange fly” he spotted on Oct. 16.

The mosquitoes are Culiseta annulata, a cold-tolerant species that live in the Palearctic region, which includes Northern Africa, Europe, and Asia north of the Himalayas, according to the National Institutes of Health. C. annulata is the most common mosquito species found in the U.K. It has also been introduced to Canada and the northern U.S., Dina Fonseca, an entomologist and director of the Center for Vector Biology at Rutgers University, told ABC News.

Iceland was previously one of two regions with climates too cold for mosquitoes to inhabit, according to the World Population Review.

The country’s unique climate and ecological conditions previously did not allow for mosquitoes, especially due to the lack of warm, stagnant water that the insects require for breeding.

However, Iceland does have greenery and seasonal temperatures that can sustain insect life, which may have allowed mosquitoes to migrate there as temperatures warmed.

Climate change is amplifying mosquito-borne diseases as warmer temperatures allow the insect to expand their range and breed at higher rates, according to the World Mosquito Program.

-abcnews.go.com, 21 October 2025

Commentary: There is a scientifically documented increase in global average temperature; that cannot be denied.

Nevertheless, what scientists do not know is the temperature 500, 1,000, 2,000, or 3,000 years ago. Only very vague ranges based on assumptions and theoretical science.

Here we must mention a Jerusalem Post article about Cuba’s ancient underwater structures: “In 2001, marine engineers Paulina Zelitsky and Paul Weinzweig announced an intriguing find off the Guanahacabibes Peninsula. With sonar measurements, they recorded images of structures appearing to be organized developments, complete with large stone edifices resembling pyramids and circular formations. Covering roughly 2 square kilometers, these images led to hypotheses about an ancient city submerged at a depth of approximately 650 meters below sea level” (www.jpost.com, 3 August 2025).

Other documented instances of structures under sea level have been found in Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, etc. Thus, the question arises: When did the water rise to such a height without today’s blamed industrial pollution? Obviously, this is a debate open to innumerable questions.

Our interest is the Word of God: “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” (Genesis 8:22). This was later confirmed in Isaiah 54:9: “For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.”