Culex pipiens is commonly known as the Northern House Mosquito. Particularly water contaminated with sewage. It primarily feeds on birds. It breeds in floodwater pools. Its larvae are predacious and feed on other insects including other mosquito larvae.
Mosquitoes are a very specialized type of biting fly.
Like flies they have just one pair of wings. Flies and mosquitoes go through what is known as complete metamorphosis . A baby mosquito is a worm that looks nothing like an adult mosquito. In Ohio mosquitoes are important in transmitting viral encephalitis to humans and other animals. In Columbus the Treehole Mosquito and possibly the Asian Tiger Mosquito can transmit LaCrosse Encephalitis while the Northern House Mosquito can carry St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus.