| Mosquitoes and midges
     Top to bottom: non-biting midge, Trichocera annulata (a winter gnat), Culiseta annulata (a mosquito)© Top to bottom: Bob Gibbons, Bob Gibbons, Roger Key/English NatureFemale mosquitoes are blood-sucking although the male flies feed solely on nectar and fruit. Swallows, house martins and pied wagtails are among many bird species which eat them. Mosquito larvae are aquatic and often found in garden ponds and even water butts. They may be eaten by dragonfly nymphs. Midges are minute, biting flies with predators similar to those which consume mosquitoes. These include Daubenton's bat. PredatorsAzure damselfly, Birds, Blue-tailed damselfly, Blue tit, Chiffchaff, Coal tit, Common damselbug, Common frog, Common wasp, Common whirligig beetle, Crevice spider, Cucumber green spider, Dance fly, Daubenton's bat, Dolichovespula media, Four-spotted chaser dragonfly, Garden orb-web spider, Goldcrest, Grey wagtail, Hornet, House martin, House spider, Large red damselfly, Linnet, Linyphia triangularis, Long-tailed tit, Mallard, Marsh tit, willow tit, Meadow pipit, Moorhen, Natterer's bat, Pied flycatcher, Pied wagtail, Pipistrelle bat, Redpoll, Siskin, Southern hawker dragonfly, Spotted flycatcher, Swallow, Swift, Tetragnatha extensa, Water measurer, Whiskered bat, Whitethroat, Willow warbler, Wren, Yellowhammer Mosquitoes and midgesCuliseta annulata, Non-biting midge, Trichocera annulata |
