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Nice Midge - Microtendipes - male
Copyright © 2010 Erick Adams

Nice Midge - Microtendipes - Male
East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
August 9, 2010
Size: ~5mm

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Contributed by Erick Adams on 9 August, 2010 - 8:55pm
Last updated 19 August, 2010 - 6:38pm

Moved
Moved from Chironomini.

This is a tenative ID. I don't know of anything else it could be and the odds are you found a common species rather than one not listed in Townes' 1945 revision.
… John F. Carr, 19 August, 2010 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Tenative ID it is then :)
Thanks for the long haul, John. I'll try my best to get some shots with the characters you've laid out in mind next time I see one. The midges are flighty about the flash & they're just small enough & transluscent enough to really push the limits of my current setup.
… Erick Adams, 19 August, 2010 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

Possibly Microtendipes
This might be a Microtendipes based on color, but color patterns like dark leg joints and bicolored abdomen tend to repeat around the tribe. Does this shot get any bigger?

Edit: I see you posted a bigger one.

Can you tell how many segments are in the antennae?
… John F. Carr, 9 August, 2010 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Will add a closeup, but
I can't tell from this photo.
… Erick Adams, 9 August, 2010 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Midges. Dorsal view of genitalia might help.
… John F. Carr, 9 August, 2010 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Flew away
before I got the dorsal. A ladybug walked into it.
… Erick Adams, 9 August, 2010 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

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