Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes as climate warms

When I was a kid in the 1980's I had a classmate from Iceland who was very smug about them not having mosquitoes there.

The Nordic varieties of mosquito are not known to carry any diseases, but the sting itches. Authorities in these countries sometimes poison wetlands where mosquito populations would otherwise grow large enough to become a public nuisance in summer.

Curious, aside from people who are immune or whatever, does any type of mosquito bite not itch?

Some mosquitoes just itch way less, to the point where it isn’t really noticeable

I have no basis for this, but I think this is also based on personal genetics or similar. Most of the bites I get seem to create no bumps or itchiness at all. When i was a kid, that wasn't the same, but now in my late 30s it seems to no phase me.

Condolences Iceland, in the words of the late great Joe Dassin - "No me moleste mosquito, retourne chez toi"[0]

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2uH96a3RP0

It's not completely true that the mosquitos don't carry things here. We do have something called Tularemia [1] (Harpest). Also it seems the first mosquitos for the season are more potent that later during the year.

And for personal anecdotal evidence, my wife gets more problems with mosquitos here than I do. When we visit her home country I get more problems than she does.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tularemia

> does any type of mosquito bite not itch?

Apparently they don’t once your immune system gets used to them. But this usually takes lots of exposure when young.

Your immune system learns not to freak out at them, I believe. Every kid I’ve known gets large bumps when they get a bite, though some certainly get worse bumps than others.

Unfortunately it looks like the Aedes aegypti has started to show up in Finland the past year, and this year in Sweden.

It's the species that carries Dengue, Chikungunya, and many other diseases.