Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae?

Posted by raywilson on 12-08-2007 16:09
#1

Could anyone help with the identity of this midge? It was photographed along the Wirral Way path (a disused railway line) in Cheshire, England on 2nd June 2007. Small in size. I guess about 3-5mm. It is sitting on the underside of a Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf.

Thanks,
Ray

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-08-2007 20:57
#2

family is okay. I won' go any further.