chironomid
noun
chi·ron·o·mid
kī-ˈrä-nə-məd 
: any of a family (Chironomidae) of midges that lack piercing mouthparts
chironomid
adjective
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Anglers should use leech and chironomid patterns, mimicking the most common bug life in these systems.
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Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
For fly anglers, chironomids and leeches are the preferred patterns.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 22 May 2024
This disturbance can evict some invertebrates, like chironomids, from streambed homes, but favor persistence of others, like blackfly larvae, which spin silken tethers to affirm their rocky grip in fast-flowing waters.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
What happens in the stream and beside it is tightly linked, Milner found: Willow catkins are food for caddis flies, and alder roots provide chironomids with safe homes.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
First detected in the stream after the stream mouth emerged from glacial ice were larvae of chironomids, cold-loving midges.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
Blood midges, leeches, chironomids are the most common offerings.
—sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
Anglers have had success from the North and South boat ramps using channel scuds, chironomids, and egg patterns.
—Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 21 May 2017
Spinney Reservoir There have been rainbow trout in the 20- to 24-inch range being caught at both ramps on scud, chironomid, and egg patterns.
—Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 7 May 2017
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Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
For fly anglers, chironomids and leeches are the preferred patterns.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 22 May 2024
This disturbance can evict some invertebrates, like chironomids, from streambed homes, but favor persistence of others, like blackfly larvae, which spin silken tethers to affirm their rocky grip in fast-flowing waters.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
What happens in the stream and beside it is tightly linked, Milner found: Willow catkins are food for caddis flies, and alder roots provide chironomids with safe homes.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
First detected in the stream after the stream mouth emerged from glacial ice were larvae of chironomids, cold-loving midges.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
Blood midges, leeches, chironomids are the most common offerings.
—sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
Anglers have had success from the North and South boat ramps using channel scuds, chironomids, and egg patterns.
—Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 21 May 2017
Spinney Reservoir There have been rainbow trout in the 20- to 24-inch range being caught at both ramps on scud, chironomid, and egg patterns.
—Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 7 May 2017
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“Chironomid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chironomid. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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