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Chironomidae, subfamily Chironominae
Beautiful nematoceran fly, about 8mm. in length; bluish transparent wings with white margin; green-striped thorax, and green abdomen with white bands. Family Chironomidae, subfamily Chironominae, a non-biting Chironomid midge.
Backyard garden.
Similar-looking picture from Australia, unfortunately, no genus/species ID: http://www.flickr.com/photos/72842252@N0.... Possibly a Tanytarsus sp.?? - http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread... Similar spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148...
Spotted on Jan 21, 2013
Submitted on Jan 21, 2013
6 Comments
Done Adi! I hope details of the midge became better.
I meant rotate 4th pic by 180 degree.....::)
Thanks Jason! I'll look it up.
Thanks Adi. The cover is actually a rotated and cropped pic already. :(
That's a Midge.. I think my spotting is similar.. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148...
Hi Agnes, 4th pic has more clarity it..Rotate it, zoom n crop n paste as cover..It gives clear details i hope!