Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Male Chironomus annularius?
Posted by Toby on 30-03-2007 21:48
#1
I presume:
SW London
Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-03-2007 21:50
#2
Chironomus: most likely.
annularius: can anyone tell from a photo?
Posted by Xespok on 30-03-2007 22:22
#3
How do you know it is a Chironomus?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-03-2007 09:29
#4
Size, colour, posture. Still, I said 'Most likely'. I am by no means 100% certain.
Posted by Xespok on 31-03-2007 16:07
#5
The other day I made a photo of a Chironomid midge, a large species and a male. I also collected the specimen. I tried to key it out and I could hardly get beyond Chironomini. From that point minute characteristics of the male genitals are needed to proceed in the key, for which probably my stereomicroscope is not fine enough.