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Biting Midge - Sphaeromias longipennis

Biting Midge - Sphaeromias longipennis
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 19, 2012
Size: 6-7mm
I'm thinking one of the Sphaeromiini midges, only does not look like any on BG. I find little info on web. Thanks

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Biting Midge - Sphaeromias longipennis Biting Midge - Sphaeromias longipennis

Moved
Moved from Sphaeromiini.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Size?
How long is the wing? (+/- .2 mm)

 
Estimated
Get's a little tricky, with the plane at a angle to the sheet. Measuring in PhotoShop, I estimate the wings ~3.5mm

 
Don't know
Wrong size for the most similar species I know of. If it has spines under the last segment of each foot it is Sphaeromiini.

 
Up-Date
I caught another, last night, and measured actual length of wing of that specimen at 4.6mm.

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