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Photo#261743
blood red midge

blood red midge
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 28, 2009
Size: 16mm

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Moved
Moved from Chironominae.

Moved
Moved from Midges.

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?

 
One last picture added
Maybe this last one shows the eye spots well enough.