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Winter midge?
Copyright © 2008 David Robertson

Winter midge?
Pinery Provincial Park, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
January 26, 2008
Size: 1.5-2cm
I saw these little flies flitting around just above the ground in the middle of winter. The temperature that day was pretty mild - hovering around 0 degrees C. I've never encountered a bug in the middle of winter so any help I can get figuring it out would be really helpful.

Cheers
Contributed by David Robertson on 3 February, 2008 - 9:07am
Last updated 6 February, 2008 - 10:37am

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