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Phantom Midge? - Chaoborus flavicans - male
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Phantom Midge? - Chaoborus flavicans - Male
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 28, 2006
Size: 6mm
This doesn't look like an ordinary midge, could it be a Chaoboridae?
Contributed by tom murray on 28 April, 2006 - 10:54pm
Last updated 29 April, 2006 - 7:40pm

Chaoboridae: Chaoborus flavicans ?
Yes, and it is a male that looks very much like the female Chaoborus flavicans you photographed last year.
… Donald S. Chandler, 29 April, 2006 - 8:36am

 
Thanks Don
Now there's a male and female Chaoborus flavicans, and a larval Chaoboridae in the guide.
… tom murray, 29 April, 2006 - 7:43pm

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