CLOSED: Non-biting midge, Chironomus plumosus?

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 07, 2007

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=Chironomus%20plumosus&Category=Insekter

Aha! They do come in multi-colours!

http://www.first-nature.com/insects/diptera/chironomus_plumosus.htm

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 07, 2007

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 07, 2007

The blue one

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 07, 2007

Janet, it looks pretty right to me.

I have created an entry for it here: http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/4744/
to introduce the Chrisonomidae family and I have added the family to the index.

When you have added your images, I will select a picture for the index,

Ken

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jul 07, 2007

Thanks Ken, pictures are uploaded!

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 07, 2007

Thanks Janet, one of your images now illustrates the Chironomidae in the index,

Ken

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