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Where does the southern house mosquito live?

Culex quinquefasciatus has 64,346 records in 100 countries and territories, from 1900 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

southern house mosquito
southern house mosquito β€” CDC/ James Gathany / Public domain Β· source
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraCulicidaeCulex

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 41,020
Mexico 9,402
Indonesia 6,062
Australia 1,114
Pakistan 1,092
China 803
Colombia 756
Thailand 717
Venezuela 459
New Zealand 289
Benin 231
Panama 214
Brazil 211
French Guiana 155
Ecuador 142
Cuba 120
Puerto Rico 112
Montserrat 110
Barbados 98
India 88
Papua New Guinea 78
Vietnam 63
Antigua & Barbuda 62
Costa Rica 61
Guatemala 52
ZZ 47
Dominica 46
Dominican Republic 45
Bahamas 42
Tanzania 39
Honduras 37
Bonaire 34
Malaysia 33
Nicaragua 32
Grenada 27
Belize 25
Aruba 24
CuraΓ§ao 24
South Africa 23
Suriname 22

Showing the top 40 of 100 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.