Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black Glossy Fly

Posted by Stephen on 23-10-2006 21:36
#1

Chironomidae? I am going almost exclusively on the long front legs, and antennae that seem right for a female midge. Is it possible to narrow the ID further?

28 May 2006, wetland, West Virginia USA.

Posted by Stephen on 23-10-2006 21:37
#2

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Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-10-2006 22:11
#3

Certainly Chironomidae. A Nearctic specialist could probably place it in a genus, but I can't! ;)