Large Non-biting Midge: Male, feathery antennae

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Midge (Chironomidae)

Species:

Large Non-biting Midge (Chironominae sp)

This Photo:

Male, feathery antennae

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10mm long, ~30mm wingspan.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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