Chaoborus edulis

{{Short description|Species of flies}}

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| genus = Chaoborus

| image = Lake flies, Lake Malawi (2499202894).jpg

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| image_caption = Swarms of Chaoborus edulis, resembling distant plumes of smoke, over Lake Malawi's water

| species = edulis

| authority = Edwards, 1930

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Chaoborus edulis is a species of phantom midges (flies in the family Chaoboridae).{{Cite web |title=Chaoborus edulis Edwards 1930 - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/747230 |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=eol.org}}{{Cite web |title=Chaoborus edulis Edwards, 1930 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1679389 |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} Colloquially, the larval stage is termed a glassworm.

It is one of the species of insect processed into kunga cakes.