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Wow, weird bug, no clue where to begin with id
Copyright © 2018 tfandre

Wow, weird bug, no clue where to begin with id
Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA
April 29, 2018
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Contributed by tfandre on 2 May, 2018 - 10:24am
Last updated 2 May, 2018 - 6:09pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 2 May, 2018 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

my gut feeling
is a chironomid but who knows...
… Robin McLeod, 2 May, 2018 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
I perused around to see what
I perused around to see what I could find and the only one that looked anything like mine were the green ones and they aren't supposed to be in my area.
… tfandre, 3 May, 2018 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

 
John has narrowed it down
to subfamily Chironominae, so that helps.
If you start browsing here there's lots of nested subgroups to look through...
… Robin McLeod, 3 May, 2018 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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