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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Winnertziinae » Winnertzia

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Copyright © 2007 Beatriz Moisset

What is it? - Winnertzia -

Willow Grove, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 23, 2007
Size: 5 mm to tip of tail

What is this delicate, long tailed creature?
Caught in a pan trap.
Southeastern PA

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 24 May, 2007 - 8:31am
Last updated 23 August, 2019 - 5:52pm

Moved

Moved from Gall Midges and Wood Midges.

… John F. Carr, 12 November, 2012 - 10:37pm

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Thanks

You beat me to it. I had tagged a bunch of images and was waiting to take care of each of them.

… Beatriz Moisset, 13 November, 2012 - 5:38am

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Winnertzia sp female.

Beatriz, I think this is a Winnertzia sp (Porricondylinae: Cecidomyiidae) female. I have several species in my collection, and the wing veination, the flagellomeres and the elongate post abdomen all fit Winnertzia.

… John Plakidas, 11 November, 2012 - 11:46am

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It is

a gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae . - Chen

… Chen Young, 24 May, 2007 - 11:12am

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Thanks

Thanks

… Beatriz Moisset, 24 May, 2007 - 12:03pm

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Gotta try the pan trap thing....

Hi! Hey, could you maybe describe (or depict) your pan trap set-up? How do you keep it from getting disturbed or vandalized? I'd like to try this out here in Tucson, but I collect in urban areas and figure an unattended trap would just get trashed or stolen....

… Eric R. Eaton, 24 May, 2007 - 1:22pm

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Pan traps

I learned a few things from Sam Droege. Here is one of the publications.
My traps couldn't be more homemade. I use ordinary plastic bowls and soapy water. I pick up the insects with a brush, although a strainer would be nice; I have to stop at a pet storea and get the kind used in aquariums. I worry about vandalism too or about upsetting my neighbors (I live in a condominium) but I don't leave them longer than a day, besides with such cheap equipment it wouldn't be much of a loss. So far I haven't had any trouble

… Beatriz Moisset, 25 May, 2007 - 5:25pm

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