It’s time for the monthly “what the heck is that?” site. Chironomids are, if the image on the opening page is any indication, a bizarre looking group of insects. Known as the midges, Chironomids are ...

I HAVE examined the mating behaviour of the chironomid Allochironomus crassiforceps K. at the Tvärminne Zoological Station, South Finland, where it is very numerous in early summer. Immediately after ...