Two species of disease-carrying mosquitoes have been found in the UK - and are spreading as the climate warms, scientists have warned.

Aedes aegypti, also known as the Egyptian mosquito, and Aedes albopictus, also known as the (Asian) tiger or forest mosquito, are known vectors of several diseases including yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya , Zika and dirofilariasis.

The species were detected in surveillance traps set by the UK Health Security Agency, a peer-reviewed study on invasive mosquito surveillance in the UK has revealed.

Egyptian mosquito eggs were detected in a freight storage facility near London's Heathrow Airport in September 2023 - and tiger mosquitoes were seen in August 2024 - for the first time since 2019 - at a motorway service station in Kent.

The findings were r

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