C. riparius has been used extensively as a model for genome structure analysis in insects and is also used in toxicology tests and functional developmental genetic studies.

[4] Chironomus riparius are easy to maintain in a laboratory environment and has been used extensively as a model for genome structure analysis in insects and is also used in toxicology tests and functional developmental genetic studies.

This particulate, combined with particles from the decomposing bodies of the swarms of flies, can cause conjunctivitis, rhinitis and asthma by inhalation.

[3] In June 2013, the corpse of a young woman was found floating in a stretch of the Genil river located in an urban environment in Granada (Spain, SE Iberian Peninsula).

The life cycle of this species was very useful when assessing the postmortem interval (PMI), that is, the time elapsed from death to the finding of the corpse.