Abstract
A method for obtaining reared adults of net-winged midges (Diptera: Blephariceridae) is presented. Rocks with attached pupae are removed from the stream and placed in a container maintained at high humidity. Survival and emergence rates exceeding 60% were recorded for several species of Nearctic
Blephaecera. This method is ideal for associating pupae and adults of blepharicerids and other torrenticolous flies.
Keywords
net-winged midges,
Blephariceridae,
rearing,
pupal-adult associations
Citation
Courtney, Gregory W. 1998. A Method for Rearing Pupae of Net-Winged Midges (Diptera: Blephariceridae) and Other Torrenticolous Flies. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 100(4), 1998, pp. 742-745