Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae?

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 02-04-2007 22:14
#1
Quite numerous around our house the last few days, these Chironomid like midges with thick (or 'double') antennae.

Are they Chironomidae?

Thank you in advance.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-04-2007 22:45
#2
I think it is Ceratopogonidae.

Posted by pierred on 03-04-2007 05:49
#3
Hello,

There is a post about those splendid antennas here:
http://www.dipter...#post_5655

Posted by Jan Willem on 03-04-2007 12:28
#4
Hi Jan,

Nikita is right this specimen belongs to the family Ceratopogoindae.

Jan Willem

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 03-04-2007 12:34
#5
Thank you all! Nice photos by the way, Pierre! (Much better than mine...)