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Eight species of chironomid larvae fed on oligochaetes in laboratory cultures. Setae of 5 species of oligochaetes were observed in gut contents from 13 species of chironomid larvae collected from four different habitats. Abundance of oligochaetes occurring with chironomids in polluted waters seemed to be influenced by predation.
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Michael S. Loden (1974) studied this question.
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