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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) » Ceratopogoninae » Culicoides
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No-see-um - Culicoides - female
Copyright © 2005 Christopher C Wirth

No-see-um - Culicoides - Female
Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
September 7, 2005

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No-see-um - Culicoides - female No-see-um - Culicoides - female
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Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 9 September, 2005 - 4:16pm
Last updated 6 December, 2015 - 1:10am

Moved
Moved from Biting Midges.
… John F. Carr, 12 March, 2014 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

Well fed
It seems that it already had a nice meal of your blood.
… Beatriz Moisset, 9 September, 2005 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

 
It Was
I only noticed it after it had been feeding for a few seconds and then - SMACK! I then got these pictures so I could find out what gave me such an annoying bite.
… Christopher C Wirth, 9 September, 2005 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

No-see-um.
Pretty sure this is actually a biting midge in the family Ceratopogonidae. Black flies are a little larger.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 September, 2005 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
I didn't see it
Thanks for your help!
… Christopher C Wirth, 9 September, 2005 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

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