Red midge - HABITANTES DEL MICROMUNDO
Apr 1, 2020 08:11 · 74 words · 1 minute read
Larvae of the non-biting flies of the Chironomidae family spend all their development into the water. They use to live near the bottom of ponds where the oxygen uses to be scarce. This is the reason because of some of them have adopted haemoglobin (the same molecule we have in our blood) as a respiratory pigment. It is the presence of that pigment into their bodies what gives them their surprising red colour. .