Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomus plumosus?
Posted by lagura on 30-01-2009 14:43
#1
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!
Edited by lagura on 30-01-2009 20:00
Posted by lagura on 30-01-2009 14:44
#2
Another view
Posted by lagura on 30-01-2009 14:44
#3
Head and thorax
Posted by Xespok on 30-01-2009 17:37
#4
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.
Posted by lagura on 30-01-2009 20:00
#5
Thanks Gabor. I hope so too.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 30-01-2009 21:41
#6
Chironomidae, Chironominae - that's as far as I'll go without a specimen! ;)