Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gall Midges with Ram's Horn Antennae

Posted by Stephen on 31-05-2007 12:31
#1

These tiny gall midges had antennae that looked like a ram's horn, at least some of them did. On some the antennae were shorter, these are the females?

I'll post three photos. All these Gall Midges were hanging from spider's webs. Can we assume these are the same species Tony Irwin wrote about in his article, Aphidoletes aphidimyza? Tony indicated several families of fly hung from spider webs. For now I have them labeled Cecidomyiidae; can anyone take the ID further?

Forest, West Virginia USA, 26 May 2007.

Posted by Stephen on 31-05-2007 12:35
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A ventral view.

Posted by Stephen on 31-05-2007 12:40
#3

Shorter antennae, a female?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-05-2007 13:28
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See: http://www.dipter...ticle_id=1.