Chironomidae Collection

Gall midge in Baltic amber
A gall midge is a fragile mosquito-like fly which produces galls on plants, seen here preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Black tern (Chlidonias niger) hunting over water in prairie wetland for emerging midges (Chironomidae) Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA. June

Composite image of flying insects visiting blacklight, Texas, USA, September

Midge (Tanytarsus gracilentus) adults, swarm in flight, Lake Myvatn, Iceland, June

Midge in Baltic amber
Mating pair of biting midges in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene. Amber is fossilised tree resin

Midges in amber
Pair of copulating midges preserved in Baltic amber accompanied by two air bubbles. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Insect in amber
Fossil midge insect in amber. Macrophotograph of a fossilised midge insect (family: Chironomidae) found embedded in Baltic amber

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