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Photo#897614
Chironomidae, Cup Plant water fauna

Chironomidae, Cup Plant water fauna
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 2, 2011
adult emerged
Batch rearing, water in leaves of Cup Plant, Silphium perfoliatum
Larva Puparium

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Chironomidae, Cup Plant water fauna Chironomidae, Cup Plant water fauna

Possibly Metriocnemus
Possibly Metriocnemus.

Moved
Moved from Midges.

Orthocladiinae
A female of one of the hairy winged Orthocladiinae. A male with visible wing veins might be less anonymous.

 
Thank you.
The photos of the other adult are no better.

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