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I wonder if this glorious weather continues, will the mozzi's, crickets and the likes of, venture further north and plagued us in the UK like they do in other parts of Europe?
They are already here.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9423223/Watch-out-mosquitoes-are-on-the-rampage.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9423223/Watch-out-mosquitoes-are-on-the-rampage.html
Scotland or South America.
Peru.???
Is it where the film 'The African queen' was filmed.???
You're gonna say in your front room you **** 
Along the Congo somewhere???
Do mosquitoes play a role in caribou behavior?
Mosquitoes do play an important role in caribou behavior. Mosquitoes appear in early summer, just as the caribou are shedding their long winter hair. The insects can easily draw blood from the caribou at this time, and seriously torment the animals. The problem is worst when the weather is warm, winds are calm, and the caribou are in damp tundra areas where the mosquitoes breed. Caribou try to avoid mosquitoes by a variety of strategies, depending on where they live: they run; move to higher areas that may be windy and dry; move to snow or ice patches that are too cool for the insects to be active; move out into large lakes or shallow salt water; and/or bunch up into very dense groups.
The running, blood loss, and inability to spend time eating cause caribou to lose weight during a time of year when they need to be getting fat for the coming winter. Mosquitoes are therefore a major influence in the lives of caribou.
There was a documentry many years ago about the longest migratory duck, it flies from S. America all the way up to the Tundra where it feast on mosquitoes, I would really like to know who told them that there was a meal waiting for them.
Mosquitoes do play an important role in caribou behavior. Mosquitoes appear in early summer, just as the caribou are shedding their long winter hair. The insects can easily draw blood from the caribou at this time, and seriously torment the animals. The problem is worst when the weather is warm, winds are calm, and the caribou are in damp tundra areas where the mosquitoes breed. Caribou try to avoid mosquitoes by a variety of strategies, depending on where they live: they run; move to higher areas that may be windy and dry; move to snow or ice patches that are too cool for the insects to be active; move out into large lakes or shallow salt water; and/or bunch up into very dense groups.
The running, blood loss, and inability to spend time eating cause caribou to lose weight during a time of year when they need to be getting fat for the coming winter. Mosquitoes are therefore a major influence in the lives of caribou.
There was a documentry many years ago about the longest migratory duck, it flies from S. America all the way up to the Tundra where it feast on mosquitoes, I would really like to know who told them that there was a meal waiting for them.
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