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midge
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

midge
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
February 1, 2009
Size: ~5mm
Another warm day - 40F - so more midges were out on the snow.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 1 February, 2009 - 7:21pm
Last updated 1 February, 2009 - 8:25pm

Moved
Moved from Midges.

I found the vein. It is very faint.
… John F. Carr, 1 February, 2009 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

Foot
Do you have a closer view of the end of the legs? Any leg will do.

I want to call this Diamesinae but I don't see the M-Cu crossvein. The other diagnostic character for a winter midge is the shape of the fourth segment of the tarsus.
… John F. Carr, 1 February, 2009 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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