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 Gall Midges with Ram's Horn Antennae
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| Stephen |
Posted on 31-05-2007 12:31
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
These tiny gall midges had antennae that looked like a ram's horn, at least some of them did. On some the antennae were shorter, these are the females? I'll post three photos. All these Gall Midges were hanging from spider's webs. Can we assume these are the same species Tony Irwin wrote about in his article, Aphidoletes aphidimyza? Tony indicated several families of fly hung from spider webs. For now I have them labeled Cecidomyiidae; can anyone take the ID further? Forest, West Virginia USA, 26 May 2007. Stephen attached the following image:  [53.66Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 31-05-2007 12:35
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A ventral view.
Stephen attached the following image:  [59.79Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 31-05-2007 12:40
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Shorter antennae, a female?
Stephen attached the following image:  [57.44Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 31-05-2007 13:28
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
See: http://www.dipter...ticle_id=1.
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