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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Phantom Midges (Chaoboridae) » Chaoborus » subgenus Schadonophasma (Chaoborus subgenus Schadonophasma) » Chaoborus trivittatus
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Phantom Midge - Chaoborus trivittatus
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Phantom Midge - Chaoborus trivittatus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 12, 2009
Size: 9mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 12 April, 2009 - 7:43pm
Last updated 10 May, 2011 - 9:12pm

Moved
Moved from Chaoborus cooki.
Moved based on this email comment.
"I read the comments and identification. In fact C. trivittatus does live in ponds (as well as lakes). I'm including my revision of the subgenus that includes both cooki and trivittatus.
The species you have is C. trivittatus. C. cooki is a temporary pond species and pupae don't appear until later in the year.
Cheers, Art

Dr. Art Borkent,
691-8th Ave. SE,
Salmon Arm, British Columbia,
V1E 2C2, Canada.
… tom murray, 10 May, 2011 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chaoborus. Still tentative, but I think it's better on the species page.
… John F. Carr, 28 May, 2010 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Habitat?
Would you characterize the habitat as a "lake", a "pond", or something else? Do fish live there?

Now I think this must be Chaoborus trivittatus or C. cooki.
… John F. Carr, 8 May, 2010 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Vernal pool
There weren't any fish in the pool.
… tom murray, 8 May, 2010 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Tenative ID
This is probably Chaoborus cooki, a vernal pool species. The related C. trivittatus is found in larger water bodies and knows how to avoid the fish that live there.
… John F. Carr, 8 May, 2010 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phantom Midges.
… tom murray, 5 May, 2010 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… tom murray, 16 April, 2009 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… tom murray, 15 April, 2009 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

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