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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae) » Chironominae » larvae
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blood red midge
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

blood red midge
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 28, 2009
Size: 16mm
Dip netted from Wrangling Brook.

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Contributed by tom murray on 29 March, 2009 - 7:11pm
Last updated 8 February, 2014 - 9:10pm

Moved
Moved from Chironominae.
… John F. Carr, 8 February, 2014 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

Near Harnischia
Free-living Chironominae belong to the "Harnischia complex", a group of hard-to-distinguish genera.
… John F. Carr, 26 April, 2009 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Midges.
… John F. Carr, 30 March, 2009 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

Head
Do you have a closer head shot?
… John F. Carr, 29 March, 2009 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Head shot
I just added the only half decent head shot I could manage. I spent 20 minutes just on this one bug trying to get a few decent shots. This guy just wouldn't stop moving.
… tom murray, 29 March, 2009 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

cool
nice find.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 March, 2009 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

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