Non-biting midges are the tiny flies that swarm together as thick masses around lakes and streams, annoying passers-by in warm weather. But early in a midge's life, it lives in the water. Now, ...

This multicolored monster is the larva of a small fly in the midst of transforming into an adult. Larvae like this one live in the water until they complete their transition to adulthood and then ...

The freshwater aquatic larvae of the Chaoborus midge are the world's only truly planktonic insects, regulating their buoyancy using two pairs of internal air-filled sacs, one in the thorax and the ...

If you've gone out for a walk or run on the paths near Milwaukee's Lake Michigan beaches in the past few weeks, it was likely interrupted by swarms of tiny, black insects. Often mistaken for ...

Tanytarsus (Paratanytarsus) dissimilis Joh. (Diptera, Chironomidae) was tested at nine constant temperatures from 10° to 36°C. Development from egg to adult occurred in 16 days at 21°, 13 days at 25°, ...