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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.
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.