BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Culicoides (a genus of biting midges)

Date: 14 March 2004
Location: Berkshire, VC: Berks, England
State: Larva
Record Summary: long thin larva that swims by wriggling
Capture method: net sample
Identification Notes: Animal wriggles continuously. Small brown head, tail with radiating setae.

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naked eye photograph Head end - magnified 16 Kb 347 by 229 pixels
naked eye photograph Whole animal - magnified 500 by 242 pixels
microscope photograph Head end - magnified 470 by 500 pixels
microscope photograph Head end - magnified 500 by 303 pixels
microscope photograph Head end - magnified 500 by 353 pixels
microscope photograph Tail end - magnified 500 by 272 pixels

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