Green Midge, Tanytarsus? - Axarus

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Green Midge, Tanytarsus? - Axarus -

Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 18, 2004

Found on a lighted wall. This might be a green midge, genus Tanytarsus, see Milne, p. 646, fig. 379 (1)

Narrow antennae and plump abdomen indicate this is a female.

A similar midge from New Hampshire:

Contributed by Cotinis on 18 October, 2004 - 5:35am
Last updated 23 November, 2010 - 7:52pm

Moved

Moved from Axarus.

… John F. Carr, 23 November, 2010 - 7:52pm

Moved

Moved from Chironominae.

… john and jane balaban, 20 December, 2008 - 7:46pm

Axarus female, same genus as the linked picture. The black stripe on the thorax is distinctive. I'm assuming size is over 5mm.

… John F. Carr, 20 December, 2008 - 7:43pm

size this midge/thanks

I remember it was fairly large for a midge--more than 5 mm sounds correct--somewhere between 5 and 10 mm body length sounds about right from my vague recollections.

Thanks for the correction on this ID.

… Cotinis, 20 December, 2008 - 10:04pm

Moved

Moved from Midges.

… john and jane balaban, 1 November, 2008 - 10:52pm

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