Troutnut Forum > Get Bugs Identified > NC Cream Adult Chironomid help :)
| CouxJoe | November 4th, 2007, 10:20 pm | |
| Greenville, SC Posts: 5 | I was fishing a stream in the Carolinas over the weekend when a hatch of cream colored adult Chironomids began to swarm around like snowflakes. After asking some people around what they were I was told that they were cream midges. I am interested in tying larval and pupal stages of this insect, but don't know what they are called in order to image search them. Could someone suggest a name or two for these cream colored chironomids? When the wind blew it really looked like snow fall or wood ash flying around. I apologize for being so vague, and I thank you for any help you may suggest in a name for these "cream midges". sorry no pics, my camera is to old capture them. Thanks again for any suggestions! | |
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| Taxon | November 5th, 2007, 1:11 am | |
| Mercer Island, WA Posts: 476 | CouxJoe- There are aproximately 2,000 species of Chironomids (members of family Chironomidae) in N. America, and perhaps 50-100 species represented in the average body of water. If you are attempting to find representative photos, I would recommend BugGuide - Family Chironomidae (Midges). However, Chironomids are extremely difficult to reliably identify even to genus, let alone to species, except by taxonomists who specialize in them. So, you may need to be content with continuing to refer to your hatch as cream colored adult Chironomids. | |
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| CouxJoe | November 5th, 2007, 4:35 pm | |
| Greenville, SC Posts: 5 | Thanks for taking the time to respond! | |
| Falsifly | November 6th, 2007, 1:20 pm | |
| Hayward, WI. Posts: 108 | CouxJoe, Sorry I can’t help you with a name but I do have a suggestion. Purchase a small seine some small vials and some bug balmer. Capture some specimens and tie to imitate. I have been doing this for years and I love it. You may want to refer to “ Midge Magic” by Don Holbrook & Ed Koch an excellent reference for the midge fisher. | |
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