Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Chironomidae tetans
Bloodworms are the larvae of the midge fly
Midge flies lay eggs in water
I spotted this in a puddle at Table Rock, at the brink of Niagara Falls. I've never seen one of these before but they are common food for some pets.
Lat: 43.09, Long: -79.09
Spotted on Oct 6, 2011
Submitted on Oct 7, 2011
6 Comments
Thanks Jolly.
Nice one Dan. Very unusual.
Your most welcome, glad to bring back some nice memories.
It was mostly a monitoring project. We were raising endangered dragonflies. It went pretty well. The larvae take 5 years to mature into adults and live in crayfish burrows, which are unfortunately their predators. Thanks again for the post. :)
A special place in your heart for bloodworms, that's not something you hear everyday! Thanks bee. Did you the project succeed?
These will always have a special place in my heart. I spent a summer collecting and raising these guys to feed to Dragonfly Larvae for a project on Hine's Emerald Dragonfly.