Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stictochironomus sp, Chironomidae, May 16, 2021 near Budapest, Hungary

Posted by Xespok on 19-05-2021 08:57
#1

A nice, quite distinctive Chironomid midge visited today my garden for the first time.

The body length is cc 4-5 mm. I assume this is a female belonging to sf. Chironominae, where such patterned leg and dotted wing with a characteristic extra shading may be disctinctive to get better ID.

Edited by Xespok on 19-05-2021 20:24

Posted by John Carr on 19-05-2021 18:59
#2

Stictochironomus

Posted by Xespok on 19-05-2021 20:24
#3

Thanks!