Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

family: Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae)

2 Observations

photo of Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae)

family: Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae)

Observer
cgmayers
Date
8/11/2019
Quality grade
needs_id
License
CC0
Description
Dead, stuck to leaf
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Taxonomy

1 Observed species for Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae)

Species Interactions

The species with links are species that have observations.

Eats

  • (Melosira varians)
  • Insects (Insecta)
  • (Oedogonium)
  • Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae)
  • Clitellates (Clitellata)
  • Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)
  • Plants (Plantae)
  • Amphipods (Amphipoda)
  • Ark Clams (Arcidae)
  • Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae)
  • Green Algae (Chlorophyta)
  • Fungi Including Lichens (Fungi)
  • Earthworms And Allies (Oligochaeta)
  • Mosses (Bryophyta)
  • Red Algae (Rhodophyta)
  • Bacteria (Bacteria)
  • Copepods (Copepoda)
  • (Detritus)
  • (Khakista)
  • (Fragilaria vaucheriae)
  • (Tabellaria flocculosa)
  • (Epithemia sorex)
  • (Penestoglossa)
  • (Acnanthidium linearis)
  • (Gomphonema constrictum)
  • New Zealand Black Fly (Austrosimulium australense)
  • (Achnanthidium minutissima)
  • (Blue green algae sp1 FW_015_04)
  • (Cyclotella)
  • (Cymbella minuta)
  • (Gomphoneis herculeana)
  • (Gomphonema subclavatum)
  • (Synedra ulna)
  • (Cocconeis)
  • (Nitzschia)
  • (Radicites)
  • (Navicula avenacea)
  • (Eunotia)
  • (Eukiefferiella)
  • Suckergilled Mayflies (Deleatidium)
  • (Microspora)
  • (Naonella)
  • (Gomphonema angustatum)
  • (Achnanthidium lanceoloata)
  • (Epithemia zebra)
  • (Meridion circulare)
  • (Gomphonema truncatum)
  • (Achnanthes lanceoloata)
  • (Achnanthes linearis)
  • (Aulacoseira)
  • (Frustulia rhomboides)
  • (Gomphonema parvulum)
  • (Pinnularia)
  • (Pirara)
  • (Cymbella kappii)
  • (Fragilaria)
  • (Pycnocentria)
  • (Rhoicosphenia curvata)
  • (Helicopsyche albescens)
  • (Rhopalodia musculus)
  • (Echinella)
  • (Navicula rhynchocephala)
  • (Surirella tenera)
  • (Rhopalodia)
  • (Audouinella)
  • (Unidentified sp4 FW_009)
  • (Achnanthes)
  • (Meiofauna)
  • (Zelandoperla agnetis)
  • (Unidentified sp3 FW_009)
  • (Asterionella)
  • (Sephanodiscus sp1 FW_013_05)
  • (Unidentified sp1 FW_009)
  • (Calothrix)
  • (Cricotopus)
  • (Pycnocentrodes)
  • (Synedra rumpens)
  • (Lumbriculiid type II)
  • (Navicula)
  • (Parochlus)
  • (Aoteapsyche)
  • (Lumbriculiid type III)
  • (Austroperla cyrene)
  • (Phytoplankton)
  • (seston)
  • (stem tissue)
  • (leaf fragments)
  • (Ulothrix)
  • (ooze)
  • (Algae)
  • (no name)
  • (Rhopalodia novaezealandiae)
  • (Cymbella cuspidata)
  • (Cymbella aspera)
  • (Unknown green algae filaments)
  • (Navicula cryptocephala)
  • (meiofauna)
  • (Cymbella sinuata)
  • (Achnanthes lanceolata)
  • (Tanytarsini)

Preys on

  • Bacteria (Bacteria)
  • (Epipellic Flora)
  • (benthic microalgae/periphyton)
  • (meiofauna)
  • (Cephalogonimus americanus)
  • (Ribeiroia ondatrae)
  • (Alaria)
  • (Echinostoma trivolvis)
  • (Halipegus)
  • (Nyctotherus)
  • (Echinostoma)
  • (Megalodiscus)
  • (Opalina)
  • (Tabellaria)
  • (Rhegmoclema verralli)
  • (Meiofauna)
  • Suckergilled Mayflies (Deleatidium)
  • (Tabellaria flocculosa)

Pollinates

  • Cinquefoils (Potentilla)
  • (Saxifraga oppositifolia)
  • (Pedicularis hirsuta)
  • (Armeria)
  • Bog Bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum)
  • (Synsepalum brevipes)
  • (Phacelia secunda)
  • (Discaria nana)
  • Mayhaw (Crataegus aestivalis)
  • Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

Eaten by

Preyed upon by

Species interaction data comes from GloBI.

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