Chironomidae (family)
Non-biting Midge
ADULTS: similar in appearance to mosquitoes, but neither sex take a blood meal; they may feed on nectar, honeydew or insect droppings
LARVAE: up to 14mm long, common in wetlands and still water, and also in anoxic water or soil, and some species live in the marine intertidal zone. They are typically blood red ... hence the common name of 'blood worms'. They may also coil and uncoil, thrashing about.
Chironomidae (family) is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Hunter Region
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Species information
- Chironomidae (family) Scientific name
- Non-biting Midge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 817.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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ANBG Aranda Bushland Attunga Point Black Mountain Blue Gum Point to Attunga Bay Bluetts Block Area Bruce Ponds Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill City Renewal Authority Area Commonwealth & Kings Parks Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dryandra St Woodland Gibraltar Pines Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Holder Wetlands Illilanga & Baroona Isabella Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kama Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong Lanyon - northern section Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Majura Mount Painter Mount Taylor Mulligans Flat Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Stranger Pond The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Umbagong District Park Woodstock Nature Reserve -
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Acton, ACT Ainslie, ACT Amaroo, ACT Aranda, ACT Belconnen, ACT Bonython, ACT Boro, NSW Braddon, ACT Bruce, ACT Campbell, ACT Canberra, ACT Carwoola, NSW Casey, ACT Conder, ACT Cook, ACT Downer, ACT Dunlop, ACT Evatt, ACT Forde, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Giralang, ACT Googong, NSW Greenway, ACT Hackett, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Holder, ACT Holt, ACT Isabella Plains, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Kambah, ACT Latham, ACT Macgregor, ACT Majura, ACT McKellar, ACT Melba, ACT Michelago, NSW Molonglo Valley, ACT Murrumbateman, NSW O'Connor, ACT Paddys River, ACT Parkes, ACT Queanbeyan East, NSW Scullin, ACT Watson, ACT Yarralumla, ACT
