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a chronomid (?) male with plumose front legs
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mwkozlowski |
Posted on 06-08-2010 07:24
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 751 Joined: 17.10.06 |
this is a bad picture, only legs are in focus... but I have never seen anything like this before...
mwkozlowski attached the following image: [112.67Kb] very general entomologist |
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Jan Willem |
Posted on 06-08-2010 08:31
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2126 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Certainly looks like a chironomid. I have never seen anything like this either. Very nice . If I remember correctly only members of the subfamily Chironominae hold the front legs in the air like this. Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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Tony Irwin |
Posted on 06-08-2010 13:08
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
A number of Chironomus species (plumosus, prasinus, annularius) have a long "beard" on their front tarsi.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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