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Dasineura mali, commonly known as the apple leaf curling midge, apple leaf midge [English], [1] Cécidomyie du pommier [French], [1] Appelbladgalmug [Dutch], [2] or Apfelblattgallen [German], [3] is a species of gall midge belonging to the family Cecidomyiidae, within the order Diptera.
Females tend to lay eggs in sunlit, humid soil in areas with high concentrations of blue-green or green algae, which serve as food for the midge's larvae. After feeding on blood, a gravid female F. taiwana lays approximately 40 eggs over 2–3 days. After hatching, larvae reach maturity in about 16 days in conditions of 26 °C and 70% relative ...
Chaoboridae, commonly known as phantom midges or glassworms, is a family of fairly common midges with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are closely related to the Corethrellidae and Chironomidae ; the adults are differentiated through peculiarities in wing venation.
A midge is any small fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid zones.
Larvae emerge from disfigured buds and enter the soil in which they pupate, spend the winter as pupae, and emerge as adults in the following spring. [5] Buds of a Hemerocallis cultivar with a short globular bud (lower left) distorted by infestation of the hemerocallis gall midge, compared with normal cylindrical bud at centre
According to Wilderness Scotland: "Midges mate and lay eggs in the summer months. The eggs hatch into larvae and will develop whilst living in the boggy soil. Before winter they will reach the final instar stage of their larvae development and become a pupa. The adult midge will emerge from the pupa in spring time."
Chaoborus is a genus of midges in the family Chaoboridae. The larvae are known as glassworms because they are transparent. They can be found commonly in lakes all over the world and can be up to 2 cm (0.8 in). The adults are sometimes called phantom midges or lake flies. [1]
Chironomus zealandicus, commonly known as the New Zealand midge, common midge, or non-biting midge, is an insect of the Chironomidae family that is endemic to New Zealand. The worm-like larvae are known to fisherman and have a common name of blood worm due to their red color and elongated blood gills .