Chironomidae (family) (Non-biting Midge)
ADULTS: similar in appearance to mosquitoes, but neither sex take a blood meal; they may feed on nectar, honeydew or insect droppings
LARVAE: up to 14mm long, common in wetlands and still water, and also in anoxic water or soil, and some species live in the marine intertidal zone. They are typically blood red ... hence the common name of 'blood worms'. They may also coil and uncoil, thrashing about.
Chironomidae (family) is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Hunter Region | New South Wales North Coast | Barwon South West
No sightings currently exist.
Species information
- Chironomidae (family) Scientific name
- Non-biting Midge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 839.43m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Maps
Aranda Bushland Bruce Ridge City Renewal Authority Area Crace Grasslands Cuumbeun Nature Reserve Dawson Street Gardens Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Jerrabomberra Wetlands Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Umbagong District Park WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. Wodonga WREN Reserves -
Survey points
Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) -
Places
Aranda, ACT Belconnen, ACT Carwoola, NSW Casey, ACT Curtin, ACT Downer, ACT Dunlop, ACT Evatt, ACT Florey, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Hall, ACT Higgins, ACT Lyneham, ACT Macgregor, ACT Melba, ACT Mitchell, ACT O'Connor, ACT Parkes, ACT Russell, ACT Surf Beach, NSW West Wodonga, VIC Wodonga, VIC
