Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cricotopus sp. I presume
Posted by victorengel on 13-03-2021 06:04
#1
I was setting up to shoot the beetle,
Pharaxonotha kirschii, when this midge happened on the scene.
Chironomidae, but is it
Cricotopus?
Posted by John Carr on 13-03-2021 10:00
#2
Cricotopus
Posted by victorengel on 13-03-2021 16:24
#3
What's that on your profile picture? Are those two mites on a midge?
Posted by John Carr on 13-03-2021 17:14
#4
victorengel wrote:
What's that on your profile picture? Are those two mites on a midge?
Yes, two mites on a midge.
Posted by victorengel on 21-04-2021 17:08
#5
I have various observations I've identified as
Cricotopus, most recently this one.
Also this one.
These all seem similar, but I see some differences. Are the differences enough to indicate different species? A couple others are clearly different, and I don't recall why I identified them as
Cricotopus. I'm thinking now I may be wrong. Example:
I'm doubting my ID because it's all black. It seems like there's at least some light color banding in
Cricotopus. Or are there solid black ones?
Posted by John Carr on 21-04-2021 20:03
#6
The black and yellow midges are
Cricotopus. I don't know about the black one. Some
Cricotopus are black and can not be identified by color.