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Midge - Chironomus - female

Midge - Chironomus - Female
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 26, 2008
Size: 6mm
Chironomus decorus, based on description in Townes 1945. It is likely that "decorus" is a species group with members distinguishable (by humans) only by chromosome banding.

About 2 meters away from a similar male.

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Midge - Chironomus - female Midge head - Chironomus - female Chironomidae wing veins - Chironomus - female Chironominae legs - Chironomus - female

Moved
Moved from decorus-like.

Moved
Moved from Chironomus.

Moved
Moved from Chironominae.

Moved
Moved from Midges.

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