For decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the “London Underground Mosquito”. Most people, including scientists, believed molestus rapidly evolved from an existing species in northern ...

Culex molestus, the London Underground mosquito, has been extensively studied as an example of people driving the evolution and emergence of new species. The mosquito has in recent years come to ...

Culex pipiens f. molestus is found in cities all over the world, but it became widely known as the London Underground mosquito after the second world war, when it was the scourge of Londoners ...