[Bloodsucking midges from the nests of birds in the foothills of Western Sikhote-Alin].

The specific composition and number of midges in nest biotopes of birds of forest formations of Western Sikhote-Alin are given. 17 species of the genus Culicoides were found to attack 17 species of birds during the nesting period. The number of midges in nests depends both on the biotopical distribution of nests and mode of living of birds and on the total number of midges in nature. The most high percentage of females engorged with blood at nests was recorded in the obsoletus group, which is most abundant on man and at nests of birds of anthropogenic complex.