Chironomus plumosus

Chironomus plumosus
Adult male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Genus:	Chironomus
Species:	C. plumosus
Binomial name
Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Chironomus annularis De Geer, 1776 Chironomus ferrugineovittatus Zetterstedt, 1850 Chironomus hebescens Walker, 1856 Tipula plumosa Linnaeus, 1758

Chironomus plumosus, also known as the buzzer midge, is a species of nonbiting midge (Chironomidae) that occurs throughout areas in the Northern Hemisphere.