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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Wood Midges (Lestremiinae) » Anarete
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Wing detail of male midge - Anarete - male
Copyright © 2012 L. Green

Wing detail of male midge - Anarete - Male
Budd's Creek, Saint Mary's County, Maryland, USA
October 7, 2012
Size: 2mm
Lekking by the millions in clouds above winter wheat fields.

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Wing detail of male midge - Anarete - male Wing detail of male midge - Anarete - male
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Contributed by L. Green on 8 October, 2012 - 1:50pm
Last updated 26 December, 2012 - 2:41pm

Moved
Moved from Wood Midges. Swarming over fields + forks of M straight = Anarete.
… John F. Carr, 26 December, 2012 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies.
… John F. Carr, 24 November, 2012 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. Also reminds me of some Lestremiinae.
… John F. Carr, 28 October, 2012 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

 
with such...
...genitalia Lestremiinae is most probable. View of head would be helpful.
… Bjoern Rulik, 24 November, 2012 - 1:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 11 October, 2012 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

Scatopsidae?
Scatopsidae?
… John F. Carr, 8 October, 2012 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

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