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Biting midges

Ceratopogonidae sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Small yellowish with hooks at the end.

Habitat:

Watery mud.

Notes:

I had left a small plastic vessel with a bit of soil and water outsiede. And after a while it was full of these creatures. They are actively living in the watery mud.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (17)
Sintija Valucka
Yes, they really are! :) and now we will have some kind of clues about what is living in the muddy water :)
FaredinAliyevski
Cool and that website looks nice. Will be really useful in the future :)
Sintija Valucka
actually, I wasn't the one who did it :( I was helped by a professor from my university :) (the smartest entomologist I know :) ) But what I did myself is - I found this -> http://www.nwnature.net/macros/diptera.html :D they eat decaying organic matter, I think I'm still fresh enough, but soon they will turn into really thirsty blood-sucking creatures.. :)
Sintija Valucka
Thank you Faredin and Jemma! :) It surely is something like that, now I have to take a close look and find the most similar! :)
FaredinAliyevski
Check this link it has a few similar as this one but it's hard to see which one since it's hard to see the details: http://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/Water_Quality/Macroorganism_List
HemaShah
Faredin gave a good clue . Could be midge larva, http://www.onlinefishinglog.com/blog/21/River-Midge-Fishing-Tactics---Part-1
Sintija Valucka
I also have no idea! :D but someday I will :) No, Jemma, they are not! ;)
FaredinAliyevski
I don't have much idea about this but they could be some sort of mosquito or midge larvae.
HemaShah
These are segmented. Puzzling?!
Sintija Valucka
And I added third picture :) This is how they look in their habitat.
Sintija Valucka
I added one more picture (this is how the "tail" with hooks looks through the microscope) :)
Sintija Valucka
no, this picture is not taken through microscope, but it is on a microscope glass slide :) it was less than 1 cm (much less) :) any ideas?

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PublishedSeptember 14, 2013

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