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INSECTS

Common house mosquito

Culex pipiens

Insects
Common house mosquito, photo 1 of 5
Common house mosquito, Larva
Common house mosquito, Female

Fly in the family Culicidae.

There are 6 observations of Common house mosquito in Québec, mostly in Montréal, Capitale-Nationale and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 3 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montréal4
  2. Capitale-Nationale1
  3. Outaouais1

Similar species

Inland Floodwater MosquitoAedes vexans
Plains Floodwater MosquitoAedes trivittatus
Summer Salt Marsh MosquitoAedes dorsalis
Asian Bush MosquitoAedes japonicus
Northern Frog-biting MosquitoCulex territans
North American Malaria MosquitoAnopheles quadrimaculatus
Minute Floodwater MosquitoAedes cinereus