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Chionea:  an apterous Tipulid in CA snows - Chionea carolus - female

Chionea: an apterous Tipulid in CA snows - Chionea carolus - Female
Echo Summit, Sierra Nevada, ca. 7300 ft, El Dorado County, California, USA
Size: 4- 5 mm
These were collected on the snow in spring. Thanks to Brian Brown of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum for the i.d. Specimens are in the Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.

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Chionea:  an apterous Tipulid in CA snows - Chionea carolus - female Chionea:  an apterous Tipulid in CA snows - Chionea carolus - female

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