The Rąbień mire is a raised bog located on the edge of the Lodz Agglomeration in Central
Poland. After peat extraction, many ponds remained in the Rąbień area. During the growing
season in 2012, adult chironomids were collected by a light trap and a hand net near one of
the excavation ponds. The phenology of adult flight period was documented from April to
November. Thirty-one species were recorded and assigned to one of five phenology groups …