[Objectives]  To determine the relationships between adult mosquito population dynamics of peasant households and dry rice paddies. [Methods]  We used CO₂ -light mosquito traps to collect adult mosquitoes at 3 paired households and paddy sampling spots semi-monthly from July to October in suburban Nanjing. We applied Kruskal-Wallis and Kendall’s W methods to test the intra-group (households or paddies) and inter-group (households and paddies) difference in adult mosquito densities, and regression analysis to determine the relationship between adult mosquito temporal dynamics of households and paddies. [Results]  The local mosquito community was comprised of only 4 species, and dominated by Culex tritaeniorhynchus which comprised more than 98% of all specimens captured.  Mosquito temporal dynamics were characterized by peaks and troughs in both households and paddies.  We found no significant differences in either intra or inter-group mosquito densities. In addition, semi-monthly mosquito densities in households and paddies had a significant linear relationship (R²=0.64). [Conclusion]  Dry rice paddies are still the major habitat of mosquitoes in both suburban and rural areas. Rural mosquito control, as well as Japanese encephalitis prevention and control, should take rice paddies into consideration.