Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Non-biting midge, Chironomus plumosus?, 1 by wallaby1
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Subject: CLOSED: Non-biting midge, Chironomus plumosus?
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wallaby1 wrote: The pic of Chironomus plumosus on wikipedia looks like mine, although there are supposed to be a lot of them this one seems to match. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironomidae Family Chironomidae we don't seem to have yet, unless I've got the wrong one! This pic shows a blue one, maybe they come in multi-colours! I do have another smaller bluish one too! http://www.plantpress.com/wildlife/o371-nonbitingmidge.php This one is a good match, http://www.biopix.dk/Species.asp?Language=la&Searchtext=Chir... Aha! They do come in multi-colours! http://www.first-nature.com/insects/diptera/chironomus_plumo... |