In the course of such studies, Green and Sánchez came across godwit droppings that had the bright-red larvae of the midge Chironomus salinarius wriggling within them.

Residents of Colcord, Okla., were shocked to discover tiny red worms in their drinking water this week. The worms have been identified as bloodworms, the small larvae of the midge fly (Chironomidae).

The president of Florida Water Services on Wednesday night assured some Deltona residents worried about bloodworms that their tap water is safe to drink. The residents live in a neighborhood where … ...

DELTONA — Water and health officials will return to Heritage Middle School today to continue investigating a report that a bloodworm was spotted coming out of a faucet. A teacher reported see… ...

Blood worms are common in the southeastern part of the U.S., typically living in polluted or low-oxygen bodies of water. They're the midge fly larvae, and, much to the chagrin of Colcord, are able ...

Femrite said the waterborne flies live for about 24 hours, but he said they lay thousands of eggs. “There’s millions of these midge fly larvae that grow out of our final clarifiers,” he said.

Oak mites feed on larvae of a midge (fly), which forms galls on the edges of pin oak leaves. Specialists also think that oak leaf itch mites feed on cicada eggs.

A handful of residents attended Monday night’s city council meeting demanding answers to a reoccurring worm problem in the city’s water system. It’s the second time midge fly larvae, also ...

Blood worms — actually the larvae of the midge fly — are typically small, maxing out at around half-an-inch in length. They’re known to pop up in the southeastern United States, though not ...

The city was first notified of the worms, which are the larvae of the non-biting midge fly, being found in water last week. “They’ve got the pumps turned off out there at that ground storage ...

Femrite said the waterborne flies live for about 24 hours, but he said they lay thousands of eggs. “There’s millions of these midge fly larvae that grow out of our final clarifiers,” he said.