The Culex

Culex pipien mosquito specimens in the insect collection at the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL000149" title="Field Museum of Natural History" href="/topic/science-technology/science/field-museum-of-natural-history-PLCUL000149.topic">Field Museum</a>. Culex pipiens, a modest, tawny insect that carries the West Nile virus and emits an irritating buzz close to a high "C" note, has been thriving.
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( E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune / August 22, 2012 )

Culex pipien mosquito specimens in the insect collection at the Field Museum. Culex pipiens, a modest, tawny insect that carries the West Nile virus and emits an irritating buzz close to a high "C" note, has been thriving.

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