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skesau

Date

March 28, 2024 03:50 PM PDT

Description

Stayed very still while I photographed. I found a very similar fly nearby (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204340354) - presumably the female of the same species?

Empis - Photo (c) Walwyn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
zdanko's ID: Genus Empis, a member of Dance Flies (Family Empididae)
Added on March 29, 2024
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bertonemyia

Date

April 28, 2018 09:26 PM HST
Procladius bellus - Photo (c) Jason M Crockwell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jason M Crockwell
zdanko's ID: Procladius bellus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 29, 2024
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sdrov

Date

November 4, 2020 10:40 PM EST
Thienemannimyia norena - Photo (c) sdrov, all rights reserved, uploaded by sdrov
zdanko's ID: Thienemannimyia norena, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 29, 2024
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sea-kangaroo

Date

September 10, 2023 08:58 PM PDT
Thienemannimyia barberi - Photo (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by sea-kangaroo
zdanko's ID: Thienemannimyia barberi, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 29, 2024
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pseudoryx

Date

May 20, 2023 08:08 PM MDT
Procladius - Photo (c) Steve King, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steve King
zdanko's ID: Genus Procladius, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 29, 2024
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tstoughton

Date

May 8, 2018 01:51 PM CDT
Coelotanypus tricolor - Photo (c) Steve Collins, all rights reserved, uploaded by Steve Collins
zdanko's ID: Coelotanypus tricolor, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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Date

May 23, 2014
Camptochironomus - Photo (c) Karl Kroeker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Karl Kroeker
zdanko's ID: Subgenus Camptochironomus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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Date

May 20, 2014
Camptochironomus - Photo (c) Karl Kroeker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Karl Kroeker
zdanko's ID: Subgenus Camptochironomus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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dloarie

Date

June 1, 2012

Description

A type of midge. Female.

Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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jcabbott

Date

March 18, 2017 07:51 AM CDT

Description

Midge (Chironomus decorus group) - male
United States: Alabama: Tuscaloosa Co.
Tulip Tree Springs off Echola Rd.; Elrod
15-Mar-2017
J.C. Abbott #2902

Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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Date

June 7, 2014
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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Date

June 7, 2014
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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Date

August 4, 2014
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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imasongster

Date

April 19, 2020 03:00 PM EDT
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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alainhogue

Date

September 12, 2016 09:47 PM EDT
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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alainhogue

Date

July 9, 2017 12:42 AM EDT
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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alainhogue

Date

September 20, 2017 09:04 PM EDT
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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alainhogue

Date

September 26, 2020 08:38 PM EDT
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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kneubaue

Date

April 1, 2021 05:27 PM MST

Description

Lying in the hair-like bristles of a young wildflower stem. About 9 mm in length. Had "the darkened wing membrane around veins R-M, Cu2 and 2A" as described here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1001504

Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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alainhogue

Date

September 7, 2017 08:57 PM EDT
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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kidneymoth

Date

June 10, 2021 11:55 PM EDT
Chironominae - Photo (c) Royal Tyler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
zdanko's ID: Subfamily Chironominae, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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ngellere

Date

October 7, 2021 11:44 AM CDT

Description

Mosquitoe from the bio garden

Chironomini - Photo (c) Matt Tudor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matt Tudor
zdanko's ID: Tribe Chironomini, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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stoat77

Date

June 21, 2022 11:01 PM CDT

Description

I went with C. decorus because of the dark wing spot and vein, which is hard to see, but visible in these pics. The banded abdomen I thought put it in this subgroup.

Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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franpfer

Date

August 2, 2022 11:53 PM CDT
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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egordon88

Date

February 14, 2023 08:40 PM CST
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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Date

March 27, 2024 10:13 PM PDT
Chironomus decorus - Photo (c) Alain Hogue, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alain Hogue
zdanko's ID: Complex Chironomus decorus, a member of Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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What

Nematoceran Flies (Suborder Nematocera)

Observer

jajrizzy

Date

September 29, 2023 02:06 PM EDT
Dark-winged Fungus Gnats - Photo (c) Paul Bedell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
zdanko's ID: Dark-winged Fungus Gnats (Family Sciaridae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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sinaloasilvestre

Date

October 22, 2023 04:52 PM MST
Drapetini - Photo (c) Clarence Holmes, all rights reserved, uploaded by Clarence Holmes
zdanko's ID: Tribe Drapetini, a member of Hybotid Dance Flies (Family Hybotidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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tobiashays

Date

March 17, 2024 12:24 PM PDT

Description

Dry rocky area on side of rail tracks, in estuarine marsh.

Stilpon - Photo (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Katja Schulz
zdanko's ID: Genus Stilpon, a member of Hybotid Dance Flies (Family Hybotidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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tobiashays

Date

March 22, 2024 03:46 PM PDT

Description

Concrete drainage pipe in slow moving and shallow polluted water.

Sympycninae - Photo (c) Rui Andrade, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rui Andrade
zdanko's ID: Subfamily Sympycninae, a member of Long-legged Flies (Family Dolichopodidae)
Added on March 28, 2024
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