Continental mosquito with 'vector' potential found breeding in UK after 60 year absence
Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 04:40
in Biology & Nature
A species of mosquito has been discovered breeding in the UK that has not been seen in the country since 1945. Populations of the mosquito, found across mainland Europe and known only by its Latin name Culex modestus, were recorded at a number of sites in the marshes of north Kent and south Essex in 2010 and 2011.