A culex mosquito, the species of the insect known to transmit West Nile virus, is pictured on human skin. UBC entomologist Dan Peach is asking British Columbians and Yukoners to send him dead mosquitoes in the mail so he can track how different species are moving north as a result of climate change. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change. For most of us, the buzz of a pesky mosquito can be torturous, but for Vancouver-based scientist Dan Peach, it's music to his ears. Peach says he suspects there are half a dozen mosquito species that are now circulating in British Columbia and Yukon but haven't been confirmed.

Source: CBC News June 19, 2022 12:29 UTC