Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly-like Insect
Posted by Stephen on 14-07-2006 13:36
#1
I am assuming with those long antennae this can't be a dipteran. What have we got here? ID help would be appreciated.
Length was 3.2 mm. Location West Virginia, USA, open area near woodland. Date 10 July 2006.
Posted by Stephen on 14-07-2006 13:37
#2
Here is a second, lateral view.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-07-2006 13:49
#3
Well, it is fly-like because it is a midge, a gall midge to be precise (Cecidomyiidae).
Posted by Stephen on 14-07-2006 14:52
#4
Thanks, Paul, Those long antennae made me doubt this was a Dipteran.
Now that I think of it, I remember other kinds of midges where the antennae were not only somewhat long, but were very feathery on the males.