Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Chironomidae
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| guenille |
Posted on 02-11-2007 19:20
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 Member Location: France Posts: 714 Joined: 22.06.07 |
Not enough pictures inthe gallery to find the ID. Does somebody know this one ? Thanks for help Edith Near Paris, may 6th, guenille attached the following image:  [110.32Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-11-2007 20:26
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
quite right! Chironomidae. trop bonne pour manger.  (I didn't proof.. try it)  |
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| guenille |
Posted on 02-11-2007 20:40
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Member Location: France Posts: 714 Joined: 22.06.07 |
Why "trop bonne pour manger" ? I don't understand  You want eat some Chironomidae  |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 02-11-2007 21:36
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
One of the Chironominae - possibly Chironomus itself. I wouldn't call them good to eat - though I've eaten quite a few by accident.  In Uganda, Chaoboridae (and to a lesser extent Chironomidae) occur in such huge swarms that when the bodies are washed up at the margins of lakes, they are gathered and made into "Kungu cake" - an important source of protein at certain times of the year. Edited by Tony Irwin on 02-11-2007 21:45 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-11-2007 21:40
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Tony I think everybody ate chironomids, by sure! and they told: "this soup was rather good!! What did you put here?" |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-11-2007 21:48
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
great, Tony! In last week, in an institution, I heard that in Mexico they make a kind of drink where they put alive larvae! They told that tastes juicy and spicy!!! I don?t recall how it calls, though. Anyone knows? |
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