Kebnat

Culex

3 species

In Québec, the genus Culex (family Culicidae) counts 3 species of insects. The stars? White-dotted Mosquito, Northern Frog-biting Mosquito and Common house mosquito, the most often observed. The richest region: Outaouais, with 3 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Outaouais3
  2. Montréal2
  3. Nord-du-Québec2
  4. Montérégie2
  5. Capitale-Nationale1
  6. Estrie1
  7. Côte-Nord1
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1

Culex 3

Diptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Culicidae
All210Syrphidae130Tabanidae36Bombyliidae21Culicidae21Asilidae1Limoniidae1
White-dotted Mosquito11 observations
Northern Frog-biting Mosquito9 observations
Common house mosquito6 observations