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Photo#261743
Copyright © 2009
tom murray
blood red midge
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 28, 2009
Size: 16mm
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 29 March, 2009 - 9:01pm
Last updated 8 February, 2014 - 9:10pm
Moved
Moved from
Chironominae
.
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John F. Carr
, 8 February, 2014 - 9:11pm
Moved
Moved from
Midges
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John F. Carr
, 30 March, 2009 - 7:09pm
Eyespots
One of the features differentiating subfamilies is eyespots -- one spot or a pair on each side, and if a pair are they in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line?
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John F. Carr
, 30 March, 2009 - 5:19am
One last picture added
Maybe this last one shows the eye spots well enough.
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tom murray
, 30 March, 2009 - 7:24pm