Insects › Non-biting Midges
Sleeping Chironomid
Polypedilum vanderplanki
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Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Roughened Darkling BeetleUpis ceramboidesStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Flies · Diptera |
| Family | Non-biting Midges · Chironomidae |
| Genus | Polypedilum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Sleeping Chironomid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.