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Rumors endured into the 1900s that they had escaped and were breeding in the sandy reaches of the Imperial Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024

According to the People's Trust for Endangered Species, they began escaping those farms and were breeding in the wild by the mid-1950s.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023

The birds were breeding in Illinois by 1968 and on Long Island by 1971.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

“The children’s discovery helped us realize that the majority of mosquitoes were breeding in plastic trash and other containers littering streets and people’s yards.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2022

He’d definitely come back a little later in the year and see if they were breeding.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman