Midge on Sticky Card

Midges are in the Order Diptera (flies), Family Chironomidae. They are small, somewhat delicate insects that resemble mosquitoes. The males have very feathery, plumose type antennae. There are a large number of species native to North America. Adults may sometimes be seen swarming in the greenhouses, usually about waist height. Larvae are mainly aquatic or may occur in moist ground. Neither stage is damaging to plants.