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INSECT - Lopidea
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INSECT - Lopidea
Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada
August 4, 2016
Size: 7 mm
this insect was biting people to create a mosquito like reaction. There were several and really wondering what they are as do not look familiar

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Contributed by Nelson Poirier on 7 August, 2016 - 6:38am
Last updated 7 August, 2016 - 11:55am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 7 August, 2016 - 11:55am

miridae
Maybe a Lopidea . These feed on plants and shouldn't bite people, but maybe it thought you were a plant?
… metrioptera, 7 August, 2016 - 10:14am

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