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Chironomidae? - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male
Copyright © 2005 Steve Scott

Chironomidae? - Toxorhynchites rutilus - Male
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
October 30, 2005
Size: 1 cm +
OK, so this might be FRASS material. But how else are we going to demonstrate the underbelly of a midge?

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Midge or mosquito - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male Chironomidae? - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male Chironomidae? - Toxorhynchites rutilus - male
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 2 November, 2005 - 8:08am
Last updated 29 June, 2006 - 7:57pm

moved out of frass
this is a good shot of the venter. we have none of those. awesome work
… Omar Fahmy, 29 June, 2006 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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