This tube of pastel colors is a midge larva. Midges are small flying insects that start off their lives as larvae that live in fresh water. Learn more. 1. 2. 3. Hide Annotations. Get a closer view of ...

What am I looking at?This is the larva of a midge in the genus Chaoborus, pictured in mid-metamorphosis under polarized light. The colors you see are body parts ... Larvae like this one live in the ...

Midge eggs spend much of the summer, fall and winter developing in the sediment at the bottom of the lake. In the spring, they finally hatch as larvae and develop in the mud for several more weeks.