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Hemolymph-feeding parasites of Erythemis - Forcipomyia
Copyright © 2014 Peter May

Hemolymph-feeding parasites of Erythemis - Forcipomyia
Lake Woodruff NWR, DeLeon Springs, FL, Volusia County, Florida, USA
July 28, 2014
Size: 2-3mm
There are two dipterans engorged with hemolymph on this Eastern pondhawk, one on top of the thorax to the left of the base of the right forewing, and the other below the base of the left hindwing. Are these ceratopogonids? Perhaps Forcipomyia?
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Contributed by Peter May on 29 July, 2014 - 10:01am
Last updated 26 August, 2014 - 12:49pm

Looks like...
There might be a third 'adornment', between the head and thorax. It could be a young Predaceous Diving Beetle, but we cannot verify that from this image. see here
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