Black fly with weird trait

Moved

Moved from Chironomini.

… John F. Carr, 5 February, 2014 - 8:39am

Moved

Moved from Chironominae.

… John F. Carr, 25 October, 2011 - 7:56pm

Moved

Moved from "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera).

… John R. Maxwell, 9 November, 2008 - 4:44pm

Midge

It looks like a midge of subfamily Chironominae, but I've never seen that white first tarsal segment before and the wing veins are hard to make out. There don't seem to be any midges that can tolerate Great Salt Lake itself but there could be brackish water specialists along the fringes that are rare elsewhere. (One species of Tanytarsus has almost but not quite enough salt tolerance to live in Great Salt Lake.)

… John F. Carr, 9 November, 2008 - 4:35pm

Thank you.

Yes, we have lots of midges (especially the biting kind) around the Great Salt Lake since there is fresh water around, too. The bi-colored legs really made this one different. Thanks for all the input, John.

… Carol Davis, 9 November, 2008 - 9:00pm

Moved

Moved from Flies.

… john and jane balaban, 18 July, 2008 - 9:59am

Just a guess

it might be mimicking wasp antannae (many of which have that stripe) to deter predators.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 June, 2008 - 7:10am

Could be.

That certainly makes sense since there's so much mimicry in nature. Thanks for the input.

… Carol Davis, 26 June, 2008 - 10:06am

ID ?

Is this a mosquito?

… pford1854, 26 June, 2008 - 10:43pm