Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nematocera - Chironomus cf tentans

Posted by hedy2411 on 18-10-2011 20:55
#1
Is to say which Nematocera this is..?
Found 24-4-2009 in Zeist, Holland
Edited by hedy2411 on 21-10-2011 09:59

Posted by hedy2411 on 18-10-2011 20:56
#2
...and this position...

Posted by Sara21392 on 18-10-2011 21:13
#3
Maybe Chironomidae? :)

Posted by socrates on 18-10-2011 21:18
#4
yes. non-biting midge.

Posted by John Carr on 20-10-2011 01:40
#5
Female Chironomini. Probably Chironomus. Possibly Chironomus tentans, a large (8-9 mm) midge with strongly contrasting black marks on a yellow-brown thorax. Males are easier to ID.
Edited by John Carr on 20-10-2011 01:41