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Chironomus

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Chironomus

Chief genus of the midge and gnat. The wormlike larva, which is red due to the haemoglobin in its blood, is called a bloodworm and is used by anglers for bait. It lives in mud and wet sand, where it is preyed upon by birds and fishes.

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Chironomus is in family Chironomidae, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda.



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