Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Chironomus plumosus?
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| lagura |
Posted on 30-01-2009 14:43
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Or Chaoboridae? Or? I don't suppose it is possible go furter than family. Size: ~6-7mm Date: 12 September 2008 Location: On wooden railing around a pond (Helsingborg, Sweden) Thank you! lagura attached the following image:  [79.51Kb] Edited by lagura on 30-01-2009 20:00  |
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| lagura |
Posted on 30-01-2009 14:44
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Another view
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| lagura |
Posted on 30-01-2009 14:44
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Head and thorax
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| Xespok |
Posted on 30-01-2009 17:37
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Correct. There is a good chance that this is the female of Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus. I hope someone will be able to confirm or refute this.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| lagura |
Posted on 30-01-2009 20:00
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Thanks Gabor. I hope so too.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 30-01-2009 21:41
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7319 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Chironomidae, Chironominae - that's as far as I'll go without a specimen! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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