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 ...

By determining the temperatures, pH or nutrient concentrations favoured today by particular species of chironomids we are able to quantify past environmental conditions from the preserved head ...

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 ...

But Scotland is also home to Chironomids, a "family" of non-biting midges that worldwide numbers thousands of species. The greatest threat these beasts pose to humans is landing in drinks at a ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 97, No. 3 (September, 2014), pp. 1226-1231 (6 pages) The geographic distribution of the 2 phytotelmatous chironomids Monopelopia caraguata and Phytotelmatocladius ...

Though the 'chironomids' do not bite or suck blood, they may cause asthma or allergic reactions, experts warn Japan's 2025 ...

But Scotland is also home to Chironomids, a "family" of non-biting midges that worldwide numbers thousands of species. The greatest threat these beasts pose to humans is landing in drinks at a ...

Focus: understanding the emergence of adult chironomids from saline lakes We are investigating how the huge and frequent emergence of adult chironomids from saline lakes can support terrestrial food ...

Chironomids are arguably the most critical part of lake ecology; their larvae eat up the debris, while in turn, they form a critical part of the diets of fish like European eels, perch ...

Winter steelhead arriving: Here’s where to find them in Oregon In 2015, a similar-sized wedge of the lake bed yielded 158 chironomids, meaning 2018 here could definitely be the year of the bug ...

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 ...