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Two Tone Midges - male
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Two Tone Midges - Male
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
April 27, 2009
Size: around 5mm
The Male. The claspers remind me a bit of a damselfly's claspers!

This reminds me of Cricotopus, seen here:

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Contributed by HandsOff on 1 May, 2009 - 3:45am
Last updated 4 July, 2009 - 9:41pm

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… John F. Carr, 4 July, 2009 - 9:41pm

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… v belov, 19 May, 2009 - 12:35pm

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