• jcs@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Any number of places. It could have been a stowaway in luggage, imported livestock, etc.

      • brachypelmide@lemmy.zip
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        3 months ago

        Yeah, probably this. And the increase in temperature simply made the conditions bearable when they got outside.

        Could they have also maybe just… flown over there? Insect migrations like this can happen, but I don’t think it’s possible on such a scale, even for mosquitoes.

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      3 months ago

      They probably flew.

      Every day animals are adjusting their habits and habitats based on the changing environment.

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        3 months ago

        Every day animals are adjusting their habits and habitats based on the changing environment.

        …or going extinct, like a sizable number of species already had in the last few decades