Non-biting Green Midge Female, Emarginate Eye | Non-biting Green Midge Female, ventral | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
Family: | Midge (Chironomidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Non-biting Green Midge (Tanytarsus sp) | ||||
This Photo: | Female, Hairy Speckled Body | ||||
Thank you Tony Daley for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~2.3mm long, ~4.5mm wingspan. We were surprised it was a midge, as when we first saw it on the night sheet it's head was up. Deeply emarginate eyes. The female as a wider body than the male, and doesn't have the plumose antennae. Don't confuse the moth scale contamination with cross veins on the wings, we don't think there are any cross veins, all longitudinal. The wings, legs and body are covered in fine hair. While not plumose, the antennae do have some fine filaments. | |||||
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