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Small white insect on surface of pool - Tanypus - female
Copyright © 2018 Tim Robinson

Small white insect on surface of pool - Tanypus - Female
Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego County, California, USA
September 7, 2018
This insect was small -- just few mmm's probably. I saw a few of them skimming about on the surface of a "pond" that apparently is the San Diego River. (I moved here from Virginia a few years ago and I'm still trying to get used to what southern Californians call a river.)
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Contributed by Tim Robinson on 8 September, 2018 - 10:09pm
Last updated 9 September, 2018 - 5:02am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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Tanypus
How can you tell it's female?
… Tim Robinson, 9 September, 2018 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
Antennae and abdomen
Males have fuzzy antennae and clasping appendages at the tip of the abdomen. They are also thinner.
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