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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Culicomorpha » Phantom Midges (Chaoboridae)
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Pale Fly at BugGuide Gathering
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Cresswell

Pale Fly at BugGuide Gathering
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
July 21, 2007
What pale coloration! I believe the length was about 4.5 mm. Culicidae or Chaoboridae?

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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 18 August, 2007 - 8:12am
Last updated 3 September, 2007 - 7:26am

i would go with
chaoboridae. definitely not a mosquito. maybe chironomidae
… Omar Fahmy, 3 September, 2007 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Omar Fahmy, 3 September, 2007 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

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