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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) » Diamesinae
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Snow Mosquito? - female
Copyright © 2006 S Kassam

Snow Mosquito? - Female
Gatineau(Ottawa), Quebec, Canada
March 28, 2006
Size: 6 mm
On skiing trail near a stream.

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Snow Mosquito? - female Snow Mosquito?
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Contributed by S Kassam on 29 March, 2006 - 10:19am
Last updated 24 February, 2014 - 1:57pm

Moved
Moved from Midges.

The fourth segments of the tarsi bulge out. That is a character separating Diamesinae from most Orthocladiinae.
… John F. Carr, 15 January, 2009 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

Two possibilities
Two subfamilies of midge commonly emerge in winter in the cold parts of North America: Diamesinae and Orthocladiinae. I can't yet tell them apart from this angle. I think Diamesa is the most common winter midge of North-central USA and Southern Canada.
… John F. Carr, 3 December, 2008 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

female midge
of the family Chironomidae, Check this image. Flies of the family Chironomidae tend to have longest front pair of legs, almost look like antennae. The male midges have fancy antennae while females have simple ones - Chen
… Chen Young, 29 March, 2006 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

 
Snow mosquito
Many Thanks.
… S Kassam, 30 March, 2006 - 6:30am login or register to post comments

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