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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Culicomorpha » Midges (Chironomidae) » Orthocladiinae
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Mating Midges - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Sam Houston

Mating Midges - Male Female
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
December 30, 2007
Size: 4.7mm (3/16") each
Mating Midges. These are all over the place....well maybe not all over the place but I've seen a lot of them.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 30 December, 2007 - 8:30pm
Last updated 13 December, 2008 - 12:14am

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… Charley Eiseman, 13 December, 2008 - 12:14am login or register to post comments

ID?
If these were part of the same swarm as the one I IDed as Orthocladiinae, these are probably the same kind.
… John F. Carr, 13 November, 2008 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

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