Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Midge with Unusual Antennae

Posted by Stephen on 30-09-2006 14:16
#1
Most of the male midges I see have very wide antennae like mosquito antennae. Here they are dense and feathery but not so wide.

Is this Chironomidae? I'm assuming male based on the antennae and on the shape of the rear of the abdomen.

ID help appreciated.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-09-2006 18:41
#2
I think Ceratopogonidae.
Nikita

Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-09-2006 19:18
#3
No, this is Chironomidae. Wing venation and the way the legs are held are charcteristic. In Ceratopogonidae the haris on the antennae were likely to me more brush-like than this.