Sighting 4435490
Ceratopogonidae (family)
Biting Midge at Acton, ACT
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| Chironomidae (family) | TimL | 15 Jun 2022 | |
| Ceratopogonidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 25 May 2022 | |
| Ceratopogonidae (family) | RogerF | 25 May 2022 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 25 May 2022 |
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User's notes
Similar to sighting 4436377?
1 comment
6 Jun 2022
Should this sighting be Chironomidae (family), a non-biting midge, similar to sighting 4436377?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108938-35.274012
- Altitude 619.9m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 20 May 2022 12:02 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ceratopogonidae (family) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Ceratopogonidae (family) Scientific name
- Biting Midge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 749.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species