Saturday, August 17, 2024

Chironomids for Saturday Critters

 


Found this on wiki 

Chironomids as a group are very diverse in their life histories and exhibit a variety of behaviours during their development. Due to their species ambiguity and this diversity of behaviours, there is much controversy in research on their feeding habits, particularly as adults.

Many reference sources in the past century or so have repeated the assertion that the Chironomidae do not feed as adults, but an increasing body of evidence contradicts this view. Adults of many species do, in fact, feed. The natural foods reported include fresh fly droppings, nectar, pollen, honeydew, and various sugar-rich materials.


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31 comments:

  1. That is fascinating. It must take months of observations to discover things like this - or maybe even years.

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    1. An old shot during the days I spent days and evenings looking for insects to photograph

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  2. Those colors together are wonderful. Thanks for the info, too.

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  3. Excellent photo of this remarkable looking insect. I can not remember ever seeing one of these.

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  4. Bella fotografía macro, con mucha nitidez, detalles y un extraordinario colorido.

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  5. Never heard of them. They are kind of creepy looking, and big eyes!

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  6. Wow... what a fantastisc capture. Thank you for sharing.

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  7. Don't need food as adults? What a life to warn the babies about :(

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  8. Stunning photo and great information!
    Have a great weekend, Roentare!

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  9. Fascinating! I didn't know there was so much debate about their diet.

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  10. Lovely image, great capture of the insect. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

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  11. Una buena captura de este insecto que no conozco. Lo que me parece curioso lo de no comer en la fase adulta .

    Saludos.

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  12. Lo has capturado muy bien, en un precioso fondo rosa.
    Feliz domingo de descanso.

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  13. This is a coincidence. I was just reading about these when I was trying to do an ID. Great photo and information! Thanks!

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