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Surinamese Chironomidae eggs
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On bugguide.com this 'drop' was identified as an egg mass of Chironomidae.

Could anyway confirm this and possibly give a further specification?

Suriname, Paramaribo. V-2011. Hanging on garage door (opening from shallow rainwater puddle) in suburban area.

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I have a small book about egg masses of Chironomidae but no experience using it. Almost all the taxa described are north temperate; the book combines field work in Germany with a literature survey. If the family is right, this should be Tanypodinae or Chironomini. Both include species that lay eggs in double spirals in a cylinder. Psectrotanypus varius was observed to lay eggs in a similar habitat, "temporary pond, attached to wood just below the water surface."

Nolte, Ulrike. 1993. Egg masses of Chironomidae (Diptera). Ent. scand. Suppl. 43
 
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