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 Chironomus sp.?
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 05-04-2008 00:25
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14090 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! Does this 5-6 mm Chironomid to genus Chironomus? Last night at our house (northwest Germany). Larger pictures: http://www.foto-u...5mm_W2.jpg http://www.foto-u...5mm_W3.jpg Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [19.38Kb] Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 05-04-2008 12:16
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7283 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Could be.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 05-04-2008 17:51
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14090 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Tony! Tony Irwin wrote: Could be. Thanks! But you know, what "could be" means...?  (I will have to save it as Chironomidae sp.)
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| phil withers |
Posted on 05-04-2008 18:07
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Member Location: Lyon, France Posts: 521 Joined: 04.03.08 |
Tony is being cautious because this is a female, and they do not present many good characters: it is a Chironomus in the largest sense of the term |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 05-04-2008 18:46
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7283 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Juergen Peters wrote: Thanks! But you know, what "could be" means...? I can't see anything in the photo which excludes Chironomus, but I don't have the necessary knowledge of German chironomids to say that it isn't anything else. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 05-04-2008 19:14
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14090 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Phil and Tony! Thanks! I know that it's virtually impossible to identify a Chironomid after a photo. There are about 700 species listed here in Germany alone... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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