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Biting Midge - Heteromyia prattii - female
Copyright © 2011 Robert Lord Zimlich

Biting Midge - Heteromyia prattii - Female
Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
May 4, 2011
Size: 5-6mm
If this is indeed a m*squito, it's the strangest I've seen. Thanks for some guidance.
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 May, 2011 - 3:02pm
Last updated 26 December, 2011 - 4:19pm

Moved
Moved from Heteromyia.
… John F. Carr, 12 May, 2011 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.

I think this is Heteromyia pratti. If it doesn't have a whitish coating on top of the abdomen (beneath the wings), it is.
… John F. Carr, 4 May, 2011 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I Stand Corrected
John,
I just pootered several of these midges, fixated and pulled the wings. The abdomens are striped brown and orange but no white like the specimens posted on BG. Curiously, the H. pratti on BG are black.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 May, 2011 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I tried getting a shot when it spread its wings, but it was just too windy to get. However, its back looked like H. fasciata photos. Maybe I'll be lucky and find another to collect.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 May, 2011 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

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