Mosquitoes have been detected in Iceland for the first time as the region warms due to climate change.

The disease-carrying insect was first spotted by insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason, who posted to Facebook group Insects in Iceland about a "strange fly" he spotted on Oct. 16.

Hjaltason, who lives in the garden town of Kjós, collected the insect and discovered it was a female, he wrote.

Natural Science Institute of Iceland entomologist Matthías Alfresson confirmed to The Guardian that three mosquitoes -- two females and one male -- were caught from red wine ropes used to attract moths.

The mosquitoes are Culiseta annulata, a cold-tolerant species that live in the Palearctic region, which includes Northern Africa, Europe, and Asia north of the Himalayas, according to the National

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