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Family Chironomidae - Midges
Copyright © 2006 Bill Claff

Family Chironomidae - Midges
Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
October 6, 2006
I love the bushy antenna.
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Contributed by Bill Claff on 8 October, 2006 - 9:32pm

not a mosquito
probably a male midge. MOsquitos would have scales on their wings and prominent probosci
… Omar Fahmy, 8 October, 2006 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Omar
Thanks. I'm going to blame that guess on my wife :-)
Quite small about 4mm I would estimate.
On the same plant with a number of aphids.
Does look quite a bit like
… Bill Claff, 8 October, 2006 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

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