Scientists have described Leptoconops (Holoconops) beccus, a new biting midge species from the coastal town of Digha in West ...

Alias: Midges, blood worms, no-see-ums. Midges are small, delicate, and mosquito-like in appearance. This is a large family of insects found throughout the year. Several species may emerge during the ...

Microscopic remains of dead Phantom midge larvae (Chaoborus spp.) may explain a few hundred years of history of the living conditions of fish, acidification and fish death in Swedish lakes.

The mouth parts of the phantom midge are microscopic. But in the hands of scientists from the Department of Zoology at the University of Gothenburg these midge bones become a time machine that can ...