Non-biting midges can accumulate pesticides as larvae in polluted water and retain them as adult flies (female shown above), exposing their predators to the pollutants.

This tube of pastel colors is a midge larva. Midges are small flying insects that start off their lives as larvae that live in fresh water. This tube of pastel colors is a midge larva. Midges are ...

The bad news: they're a centimetre-long larvae that eventually grow into ... Scott said residents he's spoken to haven't seen phantom midges in their water for the 40 or 50 years the pond has ...