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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - True Flies - Diptera
        
        Family - Mosquitoes - Culicidae
        
        Species - Tussock Mosquito - Culiseta morsitans

Tussock Mosquito - Culiseta morsitans

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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Number of Observations: 137
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References

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- Nielsen, L.T. 2009. The mosquitoes of Glacier National Park
- Nielsen, Lewis T. 2012. The mosquitoes and Chaoborids of Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks with new records and Ochlerotatus nevadensis, a new state record for Montana. 28(1):6-8.
- Rolston, M.G., G.D. Johnson, and D.G. Hokit. 2016. A taxonomic checklist of the mosquitos of Montana with notes on new geographic distributions. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 32(4):326-328.
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Citation for data on this website:
Tussock Mosquito — Culiseta morsitans. MONTANA FIELD GUIDE™. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on September 22, 2026, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIDIP7K020