The researchers have found that nine species of chironomids — small flies that look somewhat like mosquitoes but do not bite — in India and Israel harbour Vibrio cholera 01, a group that produces the ...

Museum scientists have developed a 'midge thermometer' that allows us to reconstruct a highly detailed record of environmental and climatic change over thousands of years, accurate to within 1°C. The ...

One of the 17 species of non-biting midge found at Dundreggan, a wooded area of the Highlands Last week it was revealed that Scotland has a previously unrecorded species of midge. But there is no need ...

Chironomids, a group of aquatic insects closely related to mosquitoes, act as natural reservoirs of disease-causing cholera bacteria and can forewarn against possible outbreaks of the diarrheal ...

It’s been a unique fall in Delaware – cool, warm, rainy and then, downright warm again: perfect conditions for one last Chironomid swarm of the season at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Greg Huchko peers through the microscope at a slide that shows why Diamond Lake fly-fishers need to hang out at the lake's south end this spring casting chironomid flies. The ...

Insects of the family Chironomidae, also known as chironomids, are distributed worldwide in a variety of water habitats. These insects display a wide range of tolerance toward metals and organic ...

Chironomids are also called non-biting midges or lake flies. Xiaolong Lin is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's (NTNU) University Museum in Trondheim. He devotes ...

According to a new Finnish study, different groups of insectivores compete for the same type of food. Researchers of the University of Turku, Finland, and the Finnish Museum of Natural History made a ...

Last week it was revealed that Scotland has a previously unrecorded species of midge. But there is no need to reach for the insect repellent, this beastie is one of about 10,000 species of a ...