Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomus sp.?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 05-04-2008 13:16
#2
Could be.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-04-2008 18:51
#3
Hello, Tony!
Tony Irwin wrote:
Could be.
Thanks! But you know, what "could be" means...? ;) (I will have to save it as
Chironomidae sp.)
Posted by phil withers on 05-04-2008 19:07
#4
Tony is being cautious because this is a female, and they do not present many good characters: it is a
Chironomus in the largest sense of the term
Posted by Tony Irwin on 05-04-2008 19:46
#5
Juergen Peters wrote:
Thanks! But you know, what "could be" means...? ;)
I can't see anything in the photo which excludes
Chironomus, but I don't have the necessary knowledge of German chironomids to say that it isn't anything else.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-04-2008 20:14
#6
Hello, Phil and Tony!
Thanks! I know that it's virtually impossible to identify a Chironomid after a photo. There are about 700 species listed here in Germany alone...