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Larvae of this large, bloodsucking midge were found in vegetated salt flats near Valdez, Alaska, in soil covered by 80 - 90 % of all high tides and inundated by an average of 18 inches (45 cm) of water (maximum 7 ft. of 2.1 m) for 6 or more hours a day. Some breeding occured also in the tidal overflow zones of snow-fed streams entering the sea.
Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.
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