Jan Hamrsky / Non-biting midge (Chironomidae) pupa, Europe, January, controlled conditions. Image taken using digital focus stacking.
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Jan Hamrsky / Non-biting midge larva (Chironomidae) hidden in its shelter and collecting organic debris from the current, Europe, May, controlled conditions
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Jan Hamrsky / Non-biting midge larva (Chironomidae) in the shelter attached to the stone, Europe, August, controlled conditions
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Jan Hamrsky / Non-biting midge larvae (Chironomidae) in the shelter attached to the freshwater sponge (Spongilla lacustris) Europe, August, controlled conditions
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Jan Hamrsky / Non-biting midge larvae (Chironomidae) in the shelter attached to the freshwater sponge (Spongilla lacustris) Europe, August, controlled conditions
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Nick Upton / Non-biting chironomid midges (Chironomidae) silhouetted as they mate under a leaf, with the female hanging below a male with plumose antennae, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Male Non-biting chironomid midge (Chironomus sp.) with plumose antennae resting on a dead plant stem on heathland, Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK, April.
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Erlend Haarberg / Photographer Orsolya Haarberg surrounded by swarming Midges (Chironomus islandicus) Myvatn, Iceland, June 2008, model released
Willem Kolvoort / Non biting midge eggs (Chironomus plumosus) in canal near Zwolle, Holland
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Willem Kolvoort / Eggs of Non-biting midges (Chironomidae) attached to freshwater vegetation, Holland
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Willem Kolvoort / Eggs of Non-biting midge (Chironomidae) on freshwater vegetation, note water mite on eggs, Holland
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Kim Taylor / Non-biting midge {Chironomidae} male showing plumed antennae, UK
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Kim Taylor / Non-biting midge egg masses {Chironomus plumosus} UK.
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Kim Taylor / Non-biting midge {Chironomidae} male showing plumed antennae, UK
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Kim Taylor / Non biting midge larvae {Chironomus plumosus} showing gills and false legs, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Non-biting midge larvae {Chironomus plumosus} showing gills and false legs, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Non-biting midge (Chironomus plumosus) egg masses in transparent jelly, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Non-biting midge (Chironomus plumosus) larvae showing gills and false legs,
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Kim Taylor / Non-biting midge (Chironomus plumosus) larvae showing gills + false legs, UK
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Premaphotos / Non-biting midges (Chironomidae) in mating swarm beside a reservoir, UK
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Premaphotos / Non-biting midge (Chironomus plumosus) female, UK
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Gerrit Vyn / Black tern (Chlidonias niger) hunting over water in prairie wetland for emerging midges (Chironomidae) Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA. June.
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Nick Upton / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) with Blood worm (Chironomus sp.) prey in its beak, on the muddy margins of a freshwater lake, Gloucestershire, UK, May.
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Edwin Giesbers / Buzzer midge (Chironomus plumosus) swarm above grasses, in evening light. The Netherlands. July.
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Edwin Giesbers / Buzzer midge (Chironomus plumosus) swarm at night. The Netherlands. July.
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Edwin Giesbers / Buzzer midge (Chironomus plumosus) swarm at night, movement trails, long exposure. The Netherlands. July.
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Rod Williams / Non-biting midge (Chironomus luridus) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. June