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Colobostema varicorne
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Copyright © 2009
Scott Justis
Midge ID -
Colobostema varicorne
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Norfolk, Virginia, USA
September 27, 2009
Size: ~5mm
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Contributed by
Scott Justis
on 2 October, 2009 - 1:04pm
Last updated 6 February, 2016 - 5:16pm
Moved
Moved from
Minute Black Scavenger Flies
.
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John F. Carr
, 6 February, 2016 - 5:16pm
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Moved
Moved from
Flies
.
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John F. Carr
, 4 October, 2009 - 2:58pm
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Guesses
Is has some characters of
Simulium
but the veins are not right (e.g. forking of M). It also resembles a general Bibionidae but has not enough crossveins.
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John F. Carr
, 3 October, 2009 - 11:00am
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My guess
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John R. Maxwell
, 4 October, 2009 - 12:54am
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Any other angles?
Do you have any more pictures? I see traits of three or four families but it probably does not belong to more than one.
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John F. Carr
, 2 October, 2009 - 6:11pm
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I didn't get too...
many pics of this bug. But I will see what I have. Maybe I can find another similar midge this weekend.
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Scott Justis
, 2 October, 2009 - 7:17pm
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Moved
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Maybe in Bibionomorpha. I'll check later.
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John F. Carr
, 2 October, 2009 - 1:08pm
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