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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae) » Chironominae
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is this a Hanging Fly
Copyright © 2007 Michel Kleinbaum

is this a Hanging Fly
Cascade Gateway Park, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
June 27, 2007
Size: 2cm+/-
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Contributed by Michel Kleinbaum on 28 June, 2007 - 1:18pm
Last updated 15 January, 2009 - 10:26pm

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… John F. Carr, 15 January, 2009 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Further ID
Subfamily Chironominae
… John F. Carr, 1 January, 2009 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

No.
This is a male midge, a fly in the family Chironomidae. There are no hanging flies in Oregon:-( You can find a very interesting species of scorpionfly in Silver Falls State Park, though....
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 June, 2007 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

 
midge
Thanks again. I'll have to try Silver Falls. Havn't bee there in a while
Michel Kleinbaum
… Michel Kleinbaum, 28 June, 2007 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi.
Try looking on the understory vegetation for the males. The females are wingless or brachypterous, and I've never seen them myself. It will be a new family for Bugguide if you do find them.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 June, 2007 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

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