Banded house mosquito Culiseta annulata

These banded house mosquitoes aren't your typical disease vectors — they're specialists in human habitats, perfectly adapted to indoor life. Thriving across the Palearctic, these insects have learned to exploit homes, breeding in gutters, drains, and forgotten water containers. The bands running down their bodies make them distinctive, and their preference for indoor living means most people encounter them inside rather than in natural settings.