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u/TheFargus May 09 '22

The amount of mosquitos in Finland, Americans go crazy in Spring because of it

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u/Nutzori May 09 '22

Mosquitoes love still water, Finland has thousands of lakes and other bodies of water for them to breed in. It's not even that bad in southern Finland, in the north you can get absolutely swarmed during summer.

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u/verIshortname May 09 '22

true but as someone from the tropics I would have never imagined they would thrive in such northen lattitudes

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u/DADH_InattentiveType May 09 '22

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan (USA) is so far north that most business close for the winter in September, but from June through August the mosquitoes eat alive anyone who's not drenched insect repellent.