Mosquitos can travel indefinitely if caught in a storm (and not killed for some reason or other). Females can become dormant and survive for 6 months in that state.

But plenty of Pacific Islands didn't have them until recently, Hawaii is much closer to a continent than most of them. The Pacific is almost all volcanic Islands that rose from the sea. So it's not a common occurrence.

The problem is not so much how far they can disperse but how far they can disperse and breed. A pregnant female only lives a few days. Males only live about a week. So even if a female makes it to an Island, quite possibly it won't find anything to eat in time. Or lay it's eggs but they don't find anything to feed on.

Mosquitos can travel indefinitely if caught in a storm (and not killed for some reason or other). Females can become dormant and survive for 6 months in that state.

But plenty of Pacific Islands didn't have them until recently, Hawaii is much closer to a continent than most of them. The Pacific is almost all volcanic Islands that rose from the sea. So it's not a common occurrence.

The problem is not so much how far they can disperse, but how far they can disperse and breed. A pregnant female only lives a few days. Males only live about a week. So even if a female makes it to an Island, quite possibly it won't find anything to eat in time. Or it lay its eggs, but they don't find anything to feed on.

Mosquitos can travel indefinitely if caught in a storm (and not killed for some reason or other). Females can become dormant and survive for 6 months in that state.

But plenty of Pacific Islands didn't have them until recently, Hawaii is much closer to a continent than most of them. The Pacific is almost all volcanic Islands that rose from the sea. So it's not a common occurrence.

Mosquitos can travel indefinitely if caught in a storm (and not killed for some reason or other). Females can become dormant and survive for 6 months in that state.

But plenty of Pacific Islands didn't have them until recently, Hawaii is much closer to a continent than most of them. The Pacific is almost all volcanic Islands that rose from the sea. So it's not a common occurrence.

The problem is not so much how far they can disperse but how far they can disperse and breed. A pregnant female only lives a few days. Males only live about a week. So even if a female makes it to an Island, quite possibly it won't find anything to eat in time. Or lay it's eggs but they don't find anything to feed on.