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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae) » Chironominae » Chironomini
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Window insect - female
Copyright © 2013 Evan Rolland Jones

Window insect - Female
Victoria, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
February 20, 2013
Size: body length 6 mm.
I would love to know what this is, I don't know if it's relevant but we do have a pond outside.
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Contributed by Evan Rolland Jones on 20 February, 2013 - 10:47am
Last updated 20 February, 2013 - 6:32pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 20 February, 2013 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

Thanks.
Cool thats the second type of midge I've found now. Is it common to have many different species in places where they occur?
… Evan Rolland Jones, 20 February, 2013 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Common
It's common to have a few species, and possible to have 100 or more.

I have about 5 common species and possibly 20 less common species. I can't tell all of them apart. In my case I think one of them is terrestrial (larvae in wet ground), some came from a cove choked with water lilies, some came from a swamp, and the rest came from the river.
… John F. Carr, 21 February, 2013 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

female non-biting midge
This is a female non-biting midge (family Chironomidae); it looks like a member of the subfamily Chironominae, tribe Chironomini and may be a Chironomus. It most likely did come from your pond; larvae of most non-biting midges are aquatic.
… J. H. Epler, 20 February, 2013 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

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