What is the London underground mosquito? | Natural History Museum

Did you know that the London Underground has its own mosquito?
Dr Erica McAlister, Senior Curator of Diptera at the Museum, explains how Culex pipiens molestus has evolved to survive in the Tube's dark tunnels and other underground structures around the world.
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Wonder 💭 if that’s why I get bitten living near the tracks
I wear lotion now and seems to work this year

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Good Heavens!. Please inform Dr Ralph Harbach ! Senior Merit Scientist / Order Of The Green ☘️ Garter and Deacon Of St Patrick's Cathedral & Choir Director

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