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单词 winter midge
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winter midge
winter midge n. (a) = winter gnat n. (now rare); (b) U.S. any non-biting midge of the genus Diamesa, which emerges from rivers in large numbers in winter.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Trichoceridae > trichocera hyemalis (winter gnat)
winter gnat1817
winter midge1835
1835 J. Rennie & J. O. Westwood Nat. Hist. Insects II. xv. 258 The winter midges Trichocera (hyemalis) afford another instance of the numerical excess of certain species.
1895 Knowledge May 115/1 Such is Trichocera hiemalis, the so-called winter-midge, the dancing swarms of which may often be seen enjoying themselves in the air when the temperature is sufficiently high.
1935 Tech. Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 467. 12 Diptera other than house flies consisted mainly of winter midges (Trichoceridae), taken largely in November and December.
1952 O. A. Johanssen in W. E. Britton et al. Guide Insects Connecticut VI. v. 13 The winter midge, D[iamesa]nivoriunda Fitch occurs commonly in the eastern states during the winter months in the vicinity of brooks.
1976 Mem. Amer. Entomol. Soc. No. 30. 1 In the United States, the adults of several species emerge in the winter months and may, during a winter thaw, be rather common on the snow along streams—hence their common name of ‘winter midges’.
2003 Colorado Outdoors Sept. 19/1 A winter midge hatch can stir fish up.
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