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
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
- External link More information
Location information
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Maps
Albury ANBG ANBG South Annex Aranda Bushland Attunga Point Barunguba (Montague) Island Bega River Bioblitz Belvoir Park Biamanga National Park Black Mountain Blue Gum Point to Attunga Bay Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Boro Bruce Ponds Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Caladenia Forest, O'Connor Canberra City Farm City Renewal Authority Area Commonwealth & Kings Parks Crace Grasslands Cuumbeun Nature Reserve Dawson Street Gardens Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Dryandra St Woodland Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Four Winds Fowles St. Woodland, Weston Gibraltar Pines Giralang Wetlands Glebe Park Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Goulburn Mulwaree Council Griffith Woodland Higgins Woodland Holder Wetlands Hughes Grassy Woodland Illilanga & Baroona Isabella Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kama Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong McQuoids Hill Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Majura Mount Painter Mount Taylor Mulligans Flat Piney Ridge Queanbeyan River Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Stirling Park Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Sullivans Creek, Turner The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Umbagong District Park Watson Green Space WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. Willow Park Wingecarribee Local Government Area Wingello Wodonga Wonga Wetlands Woodstock Nature Reserve WREN Reserves Yerrabi Pond -
Survey points
Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) GG11 Point 4081 Tathra Public School -
Places
Aranda, ACT Belconnen, ACT Carwoola, NSW Casey, ACT Curtin, ACT Downer, ACT Dunlop, ACT Evatt, ACT Florey, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Goulburn, NSW Hall, ACT Higgins, ACT Lyneham, ACT Macgregor, ACT Melba, ACT Mitchell, ACT O'Connor, ACT Parkes, ACT Pialligo, ACT Russell, ACT Surf Beach, NSW Turner, ACT West Wodonga, VIC Wodonga, VIC
