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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae)
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midge with thick feathery antennae
Copyright © 2016 angella moorehouse

midge with thick feathery antennae
Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2016
Found this midge early evening on common milkweed in backyard prairie restoration.
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Contributed by angella moorehouse on 25 July, 2016 - 8:49am
Last updated 21 August, 2016 - 3:23pm

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mosquito
Well, it's actually a mosquito. They take quite a bit of nectar, and if that's a male, only nectar.
I can't quite see the antennae, but if they are especially bushy like in this picture, then it's a male.
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