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water bug
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

water bug
Assabet River NWR, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 27, 2006
Size: 5.3mm
It has no legs, so does that make it some sort of crane fly or midge?
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 April, 2006 - 10:34pm
Last updated 28 April, 2006 - 7:19am

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It is the pupa of some sort of midge. I will check my references when I get to the lab.
-Sean McCann


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… Sean McCann, 28 April, 2006 - 5:41am login or register to post comments

 
Dixid or Chaoborid
I am not sure which. Finding info on these is tough!
-Sean McCann


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… Sean McCann, 28 April, 2006 - 7:03am login or register to post comments

 
Midge Larva
Well that's more than I knew before. I was amazed at how many really tiny things were swimming in the water I took out of the swamp. I didn't even want to try photographing them, less than 1mm.
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