Bug FAQThienemannimyia barberi
Thienemannimyia barberi · Order: Diptera · Family: Chironomidae
No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Adults are attracted to lights near rivers.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Thienemannimyia barberi is native to the western United States. It has also been recorded in Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas.
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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Chironomidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thienemannimyia_barberi
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.