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Log Miner Midge

Stenochironomus hilaris

About

A wood-mining chironomid whose larvae bore into submerged decaying logs in streams. Larvae create visible galleries beneath the bark of waterlogged timber.

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Did You Know?

It is one of very few insects whose larvae can digest submerged waterlogged wood.