https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/issue/feed 2018-02-07T09:21:29+00:00 Torbjørn Ekrem chironomus.editors@vm.ntnu.no Open Journal Systems <p>The CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research is devoted to publishing peer-reviewed research articles related to all aspects of chironomid research. The journal also serves as an updated news bulletin for the Chironomidae research community. The journal has one issue per year, but articles are published online continuously after they are accepted. The journal is open access, and can be downloaded freely from this website. All research articles submitted to CHIRONOMUS<em>&nbsp;Current Reseach</em>&nbsp;section are subject to peer-review. There are no page charges for manuscripts accepted for publication.</p> https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/2436 2018-02-07T09:21:29+00:00 David Harley Funk dfunk@stroudcenter.org Sherman Roberts sroberts@stroudcenter.org Alan Graham alan.c.graham@gmail.com

<p>Adult female <em>Trichochilus lacteipennis</em> were observed to extrude long strings of eggs (up to 15 cm) in flight over a lake in Maine, USA. Once extruded females dropped to the water surface and released the strings. Larvae of <em>T. lacteipennis</em> are parasitic on <em>Elliptio complanata</em> at this site and probably additional unionid mussel species elsewhere. Based on our dissections of parasitized mussels and previous reports, it appears <em>T. lacteipennis</em> spend all or nearly all of their larval life within their mussel host, with first instars initially free-living inside the mantle. At some point larvae enter the marsupium and complete larval development on a diet of mussel eggs and/or glochidia before pupating within the marsupium. </p>

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