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Photo#247199
midge

midge
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 14, 2007
Size: ~4mm

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Maybe the same as

 
Probably the same species
These are pretty common in the early spring.

Moved
Moved from Midges.

Orthocladiinae
I think I'm seeing a folded-back tip there.

If this is Chironominae (so the tip has a fixed, blunt end) it has to be Pseudochironomus based on the low leg ratio and positions of the wing veins near the tip. Pseudochironomus is usually pale green and flying in summer.

I don't see an M-Cu crossvein or the distinct short, thick fourth tarsal segment of Diamesinae. So this winter midge must be Orthocladiinae.

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