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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) » Orthocladiinae » Primitive Orthocladiinae » Diplocladius
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Midge - Diplocladius - male
Copyright © 2012 Kurt Hasselman

Midge - Diplocladius - Male
Chatham, New Jersey, USA
February 22, 2012
Size: approx 6 mm body length
Midge (family Chironomidae possibly Orthocladiinae)- The Great Swamp, Chatham, New Jersey
Relatively small approx 5 - 6 mm) perched on the knee end of a White-tail deer femer sticking out of the marsh.
It should also be noted that there was a small (3 - 4 ft wide), near by, slow moving stream (aprox 5 ft/min).
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Contributed by Kurt Hasselman on 20 March, 2012 - 5:44pm
Last updated 14 February, 2025 - 3:15pm

Moved
Moved from Winter midges unidentified to subfamily.
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