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Tube-dwelling Chironomid?
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Luk

Tube-dwelling Chironomid?
Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
June 12, 2008
Size: 6 mm
Extended from the tube. The fleshy ventral lobe just posterior to the head capsule reminds me of Chironomid larvae.

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Tube-dwelling Chironomid? Tube-dwelling Chironomid?
Contributed by Stephen Luk on 19 June, 2008 - 11:36am
Last updated 16 March, 2009 - 7:21pm

Moved
Moved from Flies. Separate head capsule plus thoracic prolegs plus case.
… John F. Carr, 16 March, 2009 - 7:21pm

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