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Family Ceratopogonidae - Biting Midges

Ceratopogoninae · Dasyhelea · Forcipomyiinae · Leptoconops · Unidentified Eggs, Larvae and Pupae

Subfamily Ceratopogoninae
Biting Midge larva - Sphaeromias longipennis Biting Midge - Allohelea - male Black biting midge? - Bezzia - female Biting Midge Larva Biting Midge? - Palpomyia rufa Alluaudomyia needhami? - Alluaudomyia Ceratopogonidae - Monohelea Ceratopogoninae, swept from Carex in meadow, Whistler Bioblitz - Palpomyia

Genus Dasyhelea
Cecidomyiidae? - Dasyhelea Dasyhelea - female Biting Midge - Dasyhelea - female Small gray fly - sciaroid? - Dasyhelea - female Midge 2 - Dasyhelea - female Male, Dasyhelea? - Dasyhelea - male Male, Dasyhelea? - Dasyhelea - male Dasyhelea

Subfamily Forcipomyiinae
Fly - Forcipomyia - female Unknown larvae - Forcipomyia Biting Midge - Forcipomyia - male Small, black and white midge - Forcipomyia Forcipomyia? Female? - Forcipomyia - female Ceratopogonid - Atrichopogon levis - female Ceratopogonid? Forcipomyia? - Forcipomyia - male lateral - Forcipomyia - female

Genus Leptoconops
Biting Midge - Leptoconops - female Biting Midge - Leptoconops - female Reptile Ceratopogonidae - Leptoconops californiensis

Unidentified Eggs, Larvae and Pupae
Aquatic Larva Gelatinous egg masses on submerged aquatic vegetation found in rainwater Unknown, Order? now known, Diptera: Ceratopogonidae extracted from sand Immature 20 Caterpillars In Potting Soil Unknown Dipteran Pupa? (Maybe ceratopogonid?) lowest identifiable classification is preferred


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