Biting midges of the genus Culicoides are vectors of bluetongue virus. Their lar-val habitats are poorly known in Northern Europe. Three classes of the CORINE land cover index, found within 300 m of four farms in Denmark, were used to stratify sampling sites for a total of 360 soil core samples from 30 sampling points. Soil samples were set up in emergence chambers for hatching adult Culicoides. Two species of Culicoides (C. punctatus and C. pulicaris) emergedfrom nine of 12 soil samples from a wet, grazed field with manure.