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Tiny red and black midges: Keroplatidae? --> Macrorrhyncha flava
Juergen Peters
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Hello!

These 2.5-3 mm midges were numerous on umbelliferous plants here in the last days (northwest Germany). Keroplatidae? Mycetophilidae?


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Macrorrhyncha flava, Keroplatidae.
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Macrorrhyncha flava, Keroplatidae.


Many thanks, Paul! I didn't expect a species level identification. Smile
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