Cold weather mosquito
Culiseta incidens
The cold weather mosquito is a mosquito from western North America. As its name says, it does well where the weather is cool. It lives all along the Pacific coast, from Alaska down to Mexico.
Lives in
Western North America, from Alaska to the Mexican border
Can it hurt you?
Can bite
The females can bite, and the bite itches. Bug spray and long sleeves help keep them away.
What does it eat?
Like other mosquitoes, the females drink blood to make their eggs, and the males sip plant juices.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Cold weather mosquito about 2 km/h (1.2 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lives along the whole west coast of Canada and the United States.
2
Its home reaches as far east as Saskatchewan in Canada and Texas in the United States.
3
Like all mosquitoes, its babies grow up in water.
you asked
Most asked questions about Cold weather mosquito
?Does the cold weather mosquito bite?
Yes, the females bite to drink blood, and the bite can itch.
?Where does the cold weather mosquito live?
In western North America, from Alaska to the Mexican border.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Culiseta incidens
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Culicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Culicidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Cool weather mosquito
Where the facts come from
- Culiseta incidens (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by iNaturalist user: giantcicada. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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