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Mosquito with green femora
Niek van Wijk
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 Dear forum,

I took this picture today in my garden.
Is it possible to identify this mosquito?

Best regards, Niek
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 I'd say it's a female chironomid, subfamily Chironominae
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 Dear Tony,

Thank you very much,

Best regards, Niek
 
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Tony Irwin
23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

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23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

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19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

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Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
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I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

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Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

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