Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black and green Chironomid

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-02-2008 21:48
#1

Hello!

Is it possible to say more about this 2 mm Chironomidae female from our house yesterday (Ostwestfalen/Germany)?


Larger picture:
http://www.foto-u...2mm_f2.jpg

Posted by javanerkelens on 12-02-2008 23:12
#2

I'm not an expert, but it looks like a Chironomus plumosus.(female)
But then the sice is wrong, because the plumosus is about 9 mm.
Mayby somebody else knows better or more....

Greatings Joke

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-02-2008 23:37
#3

Hello, Joke!

javanerkelens wrote:
I'm not an expert, but it looks like a Chironomus plumosus.(female)
But then the sice is wrong, because the plumosus is about 9 mm.


Thanks for your reply, but this one was really only about 2 mm. I have seen members of the genus Chironomus, they were indeed much bigger.

Posted by Xespok on 13-02-2008 16:20
#4

Not Chironomus or Chironominae, this midge belongs to a different subfamily. I have simiar photos, and could not get any appreciable help so far to id them.