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Chironomidae
Approximately 18mm long, long green abdomen, clear wings, very busy antennae, long back legs, hump-back thorax of pale green.
Suburban parkland eucalyptus.
Still searching for species
Spotted on Sep 18, 2012
Submitted on Sep 22, 2012
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This is a midge, (Diptera) a non biting mosquito on steroids.
I love the color. It seems like some species need to camouflage and others don't bother.