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Another Midge? - Lonchoptera bifurcata
Copyright © 2008 Mardon Erbland

Another Midge? - Lonchoptera bifurcata
47.6304N 52.68753W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
April 18, 2008
Size: 5 mm head to wing tips
Is this another midge? I think it is but not certain. Can it be told if this is male or female?

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Another Midge? - Lonchoptera bifurcata Another Midge? - Lonchoptera bifurcata Another Midge? - Lonchoptera bifurcata
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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 18 April, 2009 - 5:03pm
Last updated 6 July, 2009 - 2:52pm

Moved
Moved from Lonchoptera.
… Keith Bayless, 6 July, 2009 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Lonchoptera
a fly, rather -- midges never have antennae of this type, for one

Moved from Pointed-winged Flies.
… v belov, 18 April, 2009 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

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