Muggen

Mosquitoes and midges

Long antennae and thin legs. Only a few of them bite. Hover a picture, or tap it on a phone, to hear the name.

12 words

Image credits

Photographs and drawings come from Wikimedia Commons and are reproduced under the licences below. All have been resized and converted to WebP for this site; they are otherwise unaltered.

de steekmug — Culex_pipiens_2007-1.jpg by Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
de malariamug — Anopheles_stephensi.jpeg by Jim Gathany, Public domain
de tijgermug — CDC-Gathany-Aedes-albopictus-1.jpg by James Gathany, CDC, Public domain
de gelekoortsmug — Aedes_aegypti.jpg by Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2
de langpootmug — Tipulidae_April_2008-2.jpg by Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
de dansmug — Chironomus_plumosus01.jpg by Entomart, Attribution
de knut — BitingMidge.jpg by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, Public domain
de kriebelmug — Blackfly.jpg by AJC1, CC BY-SA 2.0
de motmug — Clogmia_Albipunctata_or_moth_fly.jpg by Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 3.0
de rouwmug — Sciara_hemerobioides_-_Flickr_-_gailhampshire.jpg by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0
de galmug — Fly_December_2007-4.jpg by Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
de wintermug — Trichocera_hiemalis.jpg by Entomart, Attribution