In warming Arctic, mosquitoes may live long and prosper

[WorldNews]

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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising temperatures at the top of the world may be bad news for Arctic denizens like polar bears, but good news for the local mosquitoes, pesky bloodsuckers that prosper with warmer weather. Researchers said on Tuesday that increasing temperatures were enabling Arctic mosquitoes to grow more quickly and emerge sooner from their pupal stage, greatly expanding their numbers and menacing the caribou whose blood they eat. Arctic mosquitoes develop in shallow springtime tundra ponds formed by melting snow.

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