Cricotopus sp.
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Description: Provides photographs and a description of the Hydrilla tip mining midge, its distribution, life cycle and its importance as a possible biological control of the water plant, Hydrilla.
hydrilla tip mining midge - Cricotopus sp. common name: hydrilla tip mining midge Sublette (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae) Insects of the family Chironomidae, commonly known as midges, are often the most abundant group of insects inhabiting freshwater environments (Pinder 1986). Midges are fragile and mosquito-like in appearance but they do not bite. The larvae of most midges are aquatic and feed primarily on algae and decaying organic matter. A few species, however, are capable of mining the soft tissues of submersed plants and utilizing the living plant material as a food source (Pinder 1986). Recently, this feeding strategy has been studied in some detail in the genus
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| Page title: | hydrilla tip mining midge - Cricotopus sp. |
| Keywords: | hydrilla tip mining midge Cricotopus lebetis Diptera Chironomidae James Cuda |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |