Culiseta inornata, the winter marsh mosquito, or the unadorned American cool weather mosquito is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. This species is found in southern California.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Winter Marsh Mosquito being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Culiseta longiareolata
- Culex restuans
- Culex territans
- Aedes cinereus
- Culex australicus
- Anopheles quadrimaculatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Culicidae
- Genus
- Culiseta
- Species
- Culiseta inornata
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