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In Europe, outside of the south, mosquitoes are pretty tame.

After spending some years in Italy I developed a partial immunity to mosquito bites. It lasted for about half a year.




> In Europe, outside of the south, mosquitoes are pretty tame.

Use to be... native species were mostly a problem during summer and during night time.

But since about 15 years ago you had a massive spread of invasive Asian Tiger mosquitos (Aedes albopictus) genomic studies show it was likely introduced via Italy and Albania simultaneously.

Those things are nasty, go 24/7, and are just a very different beast in terms of disease vector.

There are already established population pockets as far North as Switzerland. Yet another problem that is likely to worsen as temperatures continue to rise.


Large part of my immunity was due to them.

They employ an amazing tactic by sometimes walking up to their target.

You can hear mosquitoes flying, but their footsteps are obviously inaudible.


Eh, in Romania mosquitoes are pretty bad. And in the last couple of years they're "cousins" came along: tiger mosquitoes. Those cause a really nasty bite




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