Chironomidae (family)

1 Non-biting Midge at Acton, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.121217-35.292519
• Altitude 563.4m
• Maps Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
• Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

• 101 - 1,000 Abundance
• 9 Dec 2019 10:22 AM Recorded on
• YellowButton Recorded by

• Collections

  YellowButton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Unknown Gender

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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