Large Non-biting Midge
Male, head
Ellura
Non-biting Midge
Female, dorsal
 
                      
Large Non-biting Midge (Chironominae sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Midge (Chironomidae)
Species: Large Non-biting Midge (Chironominae sp)
This Photo:     Male, ventral

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

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 15-Sep-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.