Quick answer
Most of these are regular nouns, but watch го́лубь (pigeon) — masculine despite the -ь — and the plural комары́.
Insects
Birds
What they do
Mosquito season
From June to August, a Russian evening outdoors means комары́. The words you will need: Меня́ укуси́л комар (a mosquito bit me), кома́р жужжи́т (it is buzzing), есть репелле́нт? (do you have repellent?). In the far north the мошка́ — tiny biting midges — is worse.
Ticks are worth knowing about
Клещ — the tick — matters practically: in many forested regions of Russia they carry encephalitis, and a vaccination is standard advice for anyone spending time in the woods in spring. Проверь себя́ по́сле ле́са — check yourself after the forest — is ordinary parental advice, not paranoia.
Typical mistakes
моя́ го́лубь
мой го́лубь
го́лубь is masculine.
Я укуси́л комара́.
Меня́ укуси́л комар.
The mosquito is the one doing the biting.
Check yourself
Which is correct?