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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...