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Phantom Midge - Chaoborus flavicans - female
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Phantom Midge - Chaoborus flavicans - Female
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 17, 2005
Size: 5mm
The top of the thorax and wings look different than the mosquitos and gnats that I've been seeing. Is this different?
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 May, 2005 - 7:48pm
Last updated 29 April, 2006 - 7:39pm

Chaoboridae
Looks like a chaoborid. Pity I haven't looked at members of the family for some time, or I would be positive.
… Donald S. Chandler, 14 January, 2006 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Chaoboridae: Chaoborus flavicans
Checked the collection, and it is Chaoborus flavicans.
… Donald S. Chandler, 19 January, 2006 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

 
How did you rule out C. ameri
How did you rule out C. americanus or C. crystallinus?
… Even Dankowicz, 14 June, 2022 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Phantom Midge
Don, thanks for the species ID. I needed to make a new page for it from family on down to species, and I think I put it in the right place.
… tom murray, 19 January, 2006 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

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