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Jul 30, 2007 14:37 | #1

Hi everyone
Attached is a phot of a female Chironomidae, one of the 200 or so UK species of non-biting freshwater midges. They come in a range of sizes and colours, this one being about 12mm long.

This evening, when processing the shots I spotted what look like a number of parasitic mites attached to the rear of the abdomen - a cropped enlargement is attached. Anyone seen anything like this before or any idea whether it's a terrestrial or aquatic parasite?

Ray

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Jul 30, 2007 14:54 | #2

Good shot- don't think I've ever noticed passengers or parasites on a midge before. Wonder if they might be those tiny bugs you sometimes see on stagnant water surfaces just getting a lift ?- For that to work it would have to be a female which it is.
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Jul 30, 2007 15:44 | #3

Nice shot and a good find well spotted.

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Jul 30, 2007 16:03 | #4

I've seen similar on a damselfly, it had a quite bad infestation on it's wing muscles.

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