Family
The feelers in the Like the mosquito, with smooth wings. Midges. kinds bite like Some They appear early in the Spring, before the snow melts.
CHIRONOMID/E.
3.
males are extremely feathery. mosquitoes.
CHIRONOMUS. Feather I.
C/i. cr/staiiis.
in.
.;b
yellowish, with three ash gra' stripes
midge.
body with brown bands
leg ^"5^^ -.*^
yellowish.
3a ill- whitish, chest part with thrte reildish stripes; bod' reddish wit,, whitish bands and end ring with black dot.
z.
Cli. glaiiCHi-us.
3.
Ch
4.
Cli
.
lobifcr.
baiuls
1/%
in.
whitish, with three
wing with
%
faint
brown
brown
stripes on chest part
i
dot.
6.
with rust-yellow stripes; body yith black bands. festiviis. i^ in. greenish, chest part with one black, and two yellow lines in the Ch. lineola. Ch. occdnicN.s. }z ill- found on eelgrass and seaweeds.
7.
Ch.
taiitiotiis.
8.
CJi.
modcsius.
5.
I
body black with grayish
in.; greenish,
niidtlle.
feet
V^ i'y;
in.
in.
bright green.
green, with yellow stripes
wing white with
front yeins
and point brown
joints of
brown.
Family 4. DIXID/C. swamps on skunk cabbage.
Wood Midges.
Mosquito-likc, but differs in venation
DIXA.
Wood midge.
(10)
ol
wings.
Is
found
in
slnuly
(10)
