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Midge (female)

Chironomidae

Photo by Telse
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Field Notes

Description:

A tiny fly approximately 1/2cm long. The head and thorax are black. The body has black and beige colored stripes. The tip of the abdomen points slightly upwards. The wings are transparent and are the length of the body.

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Chironomidae

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Comments (3)
Telse
Thank you for the link Mark. Must be a Female, due to the lack of those big bushy antennae. Thanks again. Cheers.
Mark Ridgway
check out this one http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5370368
Mark Ridgway
Could it be a midge? It's got those kind of looks to me... and midgy legs too. Chironomidae

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PublishedJuly 11, 2013

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