Timeline for How far across the sea can mosquitoes disperse?
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| May 2, 2022 at 3:18 | vote | accept | rwallace | ||
| May 1, 2022 at 6:07 | comment | added | Pelinore | @Willk OK, so it was found in "southern Europe" 🤔 so, the warmer parts then 🤨 so, my point still stands then, colder climates reduce its prevalence tending toward zero as the temperature drops. | |
| May 1, 2022 at 2:54 | answer | added | Kilisi | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 30, 2022 at 19:28 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 30, 2022 at 19:10 | comment | added | Willk | @Pelinore - there used to be loads of malaria in Europe. Even Britain. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8277918 Italy for sure. Thalassemia is a disease caused by an hemoglobin variant endemic in southern europe that protects against malaria. T | |
| Apr 30, 2022 at 16:21 | comment | added | rwallace | @Pelinore I'm actually looking for the reverse. I'm trying to find out how close together I can put the two continents, and still have it be reasonable that the second one is still mosquito-free (prior to the invention of boats). | |
| Apr 30, 2022 at 6:51 | comment | added | Pelinore | They're light enough that potentially the whole way if caught in strong winds is not unreasonable, then there's the potential for eggs or larvae to be carried on the feet or body of migratory birds, so if you're looking for the furthest plausible distance for a piece of fiction it's pretty much 'as far as you want', add human dispersal agents like boats to aid transfer and as you observed yourself by mentioning Hawaii there's basically no limit. | |
| Apr 30, 2022 at 0:41 | comment | added | Mary | There's also the possibility of their being carried on flotsam. A large enough piece of it could have freshwater pools in it. | |
| Apr 29, 2022 at 23:48 | history | asked | rwallace | CC BY-SA 4.0 |