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 A couple of family-level Diptera ID questions
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| Neel B |
Posted on 23-03-2025 20:39
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Hello, I've got a couple of IDs that I'm not too sure about. Samples were collected in Santa Clara County, CA. Any help would be appreciated. The first one (the one above what I believe is a Ceratopogonidae), I was thinking Limoniidae? Neel B attached the following image:  [182.12Kb] Edited by Neel B on 23-03-2025 20:46 |
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| Neel B |
Posted on 23-03-2025 20:52
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Not sure whether this is the same family as the first image or a different. I feel like it looks slightly different, but I'm not too sure about this.
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| Neel B |
Posted on 23-03-2025 20:57
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I could be overthinking this one. I had initially thought Chironomidae, but this one looks very different from other ones that I've seen, and I didn't see any prolegs.
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| Neel B |
Posted on 23-03-2025 21:01
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Here's another perspective:
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| Neel B |
Posted on 23-03-2025 21:10
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For the last one, I think the top one is psychodidae, and the bottom one might be either stratiomyidae or psychodidae.
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| atylotus |
Posted on 25-03-2025 17:09
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Photo 1-2: Limoniidae, probably Hexatominae with indeed Ceratopogonidae at the bottom in Photo 1 Photo 3-4: Chironomidae, most likely Stenochironomus, long body with flat head Photo 5: psychodidae, close to Berdeniella sp. (top) and Stratiomyidae (bottom) Edited by atylotus on 25-03-2025 17:10 |
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| Neel B |
Posted on 28-03-2025 22:29
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Hey atylotus, Thank you so much for the help! |
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