Stats

Lifespan

A few weeks

Size

Small

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Swarm

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Uncommon

About

A slender, dusk-active mosquito found around homes and stagnant water worldwide. Only the females bite — they need a blood meal to develop their eggs, while males feed on nectar.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Culex

Species

Culex pipiens