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Stenochironomus poecilopterus
Photo#542066
Copyright © 2011 Kenneth E. Barnett
Fly with long front legs used as antennae -
Stenochironomus poecilopterus
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Malta, Inland Barrens, Saratoga County, New York, USA
July 8, 2011
Very pretty fly that had very long front legs, used as antennae. ID? Thank you! K.
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Contributed by
Kenneth E. BARNETT
on 8 July, 2011 - 11:01am
Last updated 24 December, 2011 - 5:36pm
Moved
Moved from
Stenochironomus
.
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John F. Carr
, 24 December, 2011 - 5:36pm
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Moved
Moved from
ID Request
. Probably
Stenochironomus poecilopterus
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Is it from New York?
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John F. Carr
, 8 July, 2011 - 7:14pm
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Yes New York sorry
toggle was wrong. Fixed it.
Thank you!!
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Kenneth E. BARNETT
, 11 July, 2011 - 8:21am
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John Carr I have several images of this
...would any particular character via photo confirm species?
Regards,
K
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Kenneth E. BARNETT
, 11 July, 2011 - 8:24am
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Legs
Are the fore and hind legs dark all the way to the base?
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John F. Carr
, 12 July, 2011 - 5:46am
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Eventually it would be neat if Bugguide had
snippets of video showing behaviors to go along with "INFO." I have a short piece of this midge waving its long legs around, which is how I first saw it. I know video is server intensive, just saying.
K
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Kenneth E. BARNETT
, 11 July, 2011 - 8:32am
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Use a link
Upload the video to youtube or vimeo or something and then post the link to the video here. Use the a tag to link the video. It's possible the link may be recognized without having to code the link. You will be able to tell in preview.
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Victor Engel
, 11 July, 2011 - 9:12am
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I may be way off
but it reminds me of this
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K. Hattam
, 8 July, 2011 - 6:55pm
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