Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny midge

Posted by LordV on 01-07-2008 08:13
#1
Any ideas on what I assume is a biting midge- 1.8mm body length taken yesterday on the underside of a rhododendron leaf in my garden South Coast UK.
Thanks
Brian V.

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Posted by Xespok on 01-07-2008 09:19
#2
Female Ceratopogonid midge.

Posted by LordV on 01-07-2008 10:36
#3
Thanks Gabor :)
Brian V.

Posted by Robert Nash on 01-07-2008 14:29
#4
Lets hope you don't get bluetongue:o.There seems to be a lot of confusion over this disease.Either more Ceratopogonidae than are listed as vectors are vectors, or the vectors or spreading or the vectors are misidentified or we just don't know.