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light green midge with short wings - female
Copyright © 2021 Larry Reis

light green midge with short wings - Female
Lake Meyer Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 11, 2020
Size: ~5 mm
I wonder if this midge is in the Subfamily Chironominae? I saw some similar examples from there when I looked through the photos of mideges that have been sent to BugGuide from Iowa.

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light green midge with short wings - female light green midge with short wings - female
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Contributed by Larry Reis on 21 July, 2021 - 8:39am
Last updated 21 July, 2021 - 9:52am

Moved
Moved from Non-biting Midges.
… John F. Carr, 21 July, 2021 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

 
Tanytarsini
Thanks for identifying this neat little green non-biting midge down to the Tribe Tanytarsini, John! This is a new midge tribe find for me.
… Larry Reis, 22 July, 2021 - 7:18am login or register to post comments

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