Large Non-biting Midge
Male, ventral
Ellura
Non-biting Midge
Female, profile
 
                      
Non-biting Midge (Chironomus sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Midge (Chironomidae)
Species: Non-biting Midge (Chironomus sp)
This Photo:     Female, dorsal

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long, ~24mm wingspan.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 19-Jun-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.