Neil Freiman

An entomologist confirmed the sightings of three mosquitoes reported by a citizen scientist in October who wrote on Facebook,

At dusk, I caught sight of a strange fly.

I immediately suspected what was going on and quickly collected the fly.

It was a female.

And Iceland will never be the same again.

However, people who study mosquitoes said it was only a matter of time until the biting bug showed up on Iceland.

which, despite being cold, has plenty of marshes and ponds, perfect breeding habitats for mosquitoes.

And while the Arctic region is heating up at four times the rate of the rest of the globe, scientists said it was still too early to link the mosquito sightings to global warming.

After all, they're found on many of Iceland's frigid neighbors like Norway and Greenland, so it was just a matter of time before they made the leap to Bjork's birthplace.

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