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green mosquito?

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Field Notes

Description:

it's normal mosquito-sized.. a green mosquito?

Habitat:

garden

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
AgnesAdiqueTalavera
I think this is a non-biting chironomid midge (family Chironomidae, subfamily Chironominae).
Christine Y.
Cool fly, but not a mosquito because of the lack of a long proboscis.
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PublishedJune 8, 2011

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