The Remarkable Diversity of Insects.
Eighty percent of all known species in the world are insects. They display an incredible diversity of shapes and colours. More than one million insect species have been described, but the actual number may exceed 30 million. Around 20,000 insect species have been recorded in Denmark, including many remarkable and wonderfully strange species.
As elsewhere in Europe, many insect species have declined in Denmark, although the extent of the overall decline is not fully known.
Mosquitoes
Denmark – like the rest of Scandinavia – has several species of mosquitoes including species of malaria mosquitoes. Bug bites in Denmark are normally not known to spread diseases. You do not have to worry about deseases from insects when hiking through rural areas. However, mosquitoes can be annoying especially summer evenings near wetlands and forest areas. Long sleeves, long trousers and mosquito balsam are the tricks if you want to avoid getting too much of mosquito bites.
New species of insects because of climage change.
Thanks to climate change over the past 15 years, nearly 100 new species have made their way to the Danish countryside. Exotic insects like the Blood Cicada (Cercopis vulnerata) and Emperor Dragonfly (Anax) are some of the insects that have found their way into the country.