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Prosimulium mixtum
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Copyright © 2009
tom murray
Black Fly larva -
Prosimulium mixtum
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 7, 2009
Size: 7mm
Dip netted from Wrangling Brook where it runs through the swamp out back.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 8 March, 2009 - 9:15am
Last updated 23 March, 2009 - 8:39pm
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Prosimulium
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tom murray
, 23 March, 2009 - 8:39pm
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Prosimulium mixtum
probably, fide John Burger.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 23 March, 2009 - 8:34pm
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Moved
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tom murray
, 8 March, 2009 - 2:08pm
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Black Fly identification key
Here's some books you may try.
NOTES ON THE SYSTEMATICS, DISTRIBUTION, AND BIONOMICS OF BLACK FLIES (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE) IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
THE BLACK FLIES OF NEW YORK STATE (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE)
If the links don't work for some reason, go to the
AFPMB literature search engine
and enter Simuliidae in the title field, and Massachusetts in the text field.
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Mark Fox
, 8 March, 2009 - 10:12am
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