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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) » Orthocladiinae » Limnophyes » Limnophyes viribus
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Veronica fly - Limnophyes viribus
Copyright © 2017 John van der Linden

Veronica fly - Limnophyes viribus
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 21, 2017
Emerged ~06/21/17 from a sample of Veronica anagallis-aquatica (a couple stems, ~10" total length, with a few leaves and roots attached). I was attempting to rear a leafminer:



These tiny critters sure strain the capabilities of my photography setup (and the skills of the photographer...)

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Contributed by John van der Linden on 3 July, 2017 - 4:06pm
Last updated 27 February, 2023 - 7:41pm

Moved
Moved from Limnophyes.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 February, 2023 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bryophaenocladius.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 March, 2018 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified leaf-mining orthocladiines.
… John van der Linden, 13 February, 2018 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Midges.

Moved tentatively--seems like a good spot for these.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 July, 2017 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Probably Orthocladiinae
Probably Orthocladiinae
… John F. Carr, 3 July, 2017 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for your help on this and the other midge too.
… John van der Linden, 4 July, 2017 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 3 July, 2017 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

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