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minkeymaniac | 4 months ago

I never imagined that they could survive in Alaska. From the show Life below zero... take a look at these.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXq92PItsA0

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decimalenough|4 months ago

Nosquitos themselves can't survive when it goes below freezing, but sadly their eggs are nearly indestructible. Siberia, Alaska and the northern parts of the Nordics are absolutely plagued with them in the summer, since snowmelt creates huge amounts of stagnant water that melts the eggs in a perfect habitat for breeding.

fishywang|4 months ago

I have a magnet that's a mosquito with text "Alaska state bird".

MathMonkeyMan|4 months ago

I've read that migrating herds change their course from year to year to avoid the recently hatched swarms of mosquitoes.

kulahan|4 months ago

Shocking considering how cold it gets there. It's cold and dry and windy where I live, and there are nearly zero skeeters. I spend most of my afternoons on the porch, and I've been bit twice all summer. But this tracks with what I've heard from campers and hikers in that region. You wake up and your tent is covered in the little bastards.