Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny yellow midge

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2007 19:59
#1
Hello!

This yellow midge on moss in our garden yesterday (Ostwestfalen/Germany) was only about 2 mm long. I don't know even the family. Thanks for any hints!

Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-05-2007 20:33
#2
Female chironomid - can't say more than that! Sad

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2007 20:43
#3
Hello, Tony!

Tony Irwin wrote:
Female chironomid - can't say more than that! Sad


Thanks! I wondered if it could be Chironomidae, but could not find elongated forelegs on this (the only) pic.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-05-2007 06:48
#4
I'd go for a gall midge.

Posted by Xespok on 15-05-2007 09:53
#5
I was also hesitating between Cecidomyiidae and Chironomidae, but my vote is on Chironomidae for several reasons (wing venation, position of head mainly). I think this midge belongs to the Chironomid group which have hundreds of small greenish and yellowish species which hold their forelegs to the side, rather than forward.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-05-2007 18:01
#6
Hello, Paul and Gabor!

Your opinions show me, that I'm slowly getting better... Cool - Cecidomyiidae was my second assumption besides Chironomidae for this animal...

Posted by Tony Irwin on 15-05-2007 18:42
#7
The forelegs in this one look quite long to me! I felt that the jizz wasn't quite right for a cecid. The wings are not lying flat one over the other - they are like a pitched roof. This is more typical of chironomids than cecids.