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black and white Midge - Cricotopus
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Bergen

black and white Midge - Cricotopus
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
June 28, 2008
Found on tomato.
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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 3 February, 2009 - 12:42am
Last updated 4 February, 2009 - 9:37pm

Chironomidae
Looks like a midge in Cricotopus. You might wait to see if John Carr weighs in on it. He may even get you to subgenus.
… Steve Nanz, 3 February, 2009 - 4:37am login or register to post comments

 
Cricotopus (Isocladius)
The key linked from the Cricotopus web page says C. tricinctus but John Epler says that key does not reliably resolve members of the C. sylvestris group.
… John F. Carr, 3 February, 2009 - 6:40am login or register to post comments

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