# Talk:Mosquito

Lokesh parkav (talk) 14:54, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Please change Accordingly to NCERT on the basis of NEET 
Mosquito is not considered as parasite

 Not done No, see below. You shouldn't have started a separate thread for that but never mind. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

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I'm curious to know why some of the ISBNs were removed. I understand that there may be sources which predate the ISBN system, but the removed numbers were not simply bogus. A Google search shows a lot of other sites referring to those books with those numbers. Pchown (talk) 09:00, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

The person removing the post-fact ISBNs was presumably aware that we use OCLC numbers for books that precede the introduction of ISBNs. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:02, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
I don't do enough editing to understand all the subtleties about this, but the change seems to have removed useful information. Unless someone wants to find the OCLC numbers I tentatively feel it should be reverted. Pchown (talk) 09:17, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
That doesn't follow; we don't use the one, and anyone can add the other at any time. It may help further to realize that an ISBN doesn't even identify the book, just a specific edition. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:22, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
You mean "we don't use" in the sense that it's a Wikipedia policy? In that case I suppose I have to accept it, but it seems like a shame to remove information without replacing it. For example, suppose there was a part of the article that I thought was badly written. I could improve the wording, but just deleting it would be wrong unless it was complete nonsense. Pchown (talk) 09:31, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

In section "Feeding by adults: Diet", the first image caption states the species shown in image is Aedes notoscriptus. The species shown is not Aedes notoscriptus, which is a striking mosquito with a black body, striking white lateral lines on the scutum, and a white proboscis band: all of which are abesnt in this mosquito, which is another (possibly unidentifiable) species in the genus Aedes. Please remove the specific epithet so the caption reads "Female Aedes spp. feeding on blood from a human arm." Bradenwojahn (talk) 01:14, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

This has been done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 05:46, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

First paragraph, "Distribution" section:
"Mosquitoes have a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring in every land region except Antarctica and a few islands with polar or subpolar climates, such as Iceland, which is essentially free of mosquitoes.[66] This absence is probably caused by Iceland's climate. Its weather is unpredictable, freezing but often warming suddenly in mid-winter, making mosquitoes emerge from pupae in diapause, and then freezing again before they can complete their life cycle.[67][68]"
Change to:
"Mosquitoes have a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring in every land region except Antarctica and a few islands with polar or subpolar climates, such as Iceland, which is essentially free of mosquitoes.[66] This absence is probably caused by Iceland's climate. Its weather is unpredictable, freezing but often warming suddenly in mid-winter, making mosquitoes emerge from pupae in diapause, and then freezing again before they can complete their life cycle.[67][68] As of October 20, 2025, the Icelandic Institute of Natural History has announced that 3 mosquitoes have been found in Kjós."
Source:
https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-10-20-moskitoflugur-komnar-til-islands-456599 2603:7080:7007:FA17:DA87:FE61:4FC4:956F (talk) 00:17, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

 Partly done: Removed Iceland. x2step (lets talk 💌) 00:33, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
No, that's the wrong solution. The new fact does not simply invalidate all the years of history, but adds a new twist, presumably climate change  We need to say that Iceland was free of mosquitoes, but that they began to appear in 2025. [ref] I'll sort it out later today. Chiswick Chap (talk) 01:07, 21 October 2025 (UTC)