Thread subject: Diptera.info :: What Family?

Posted by Stephen on 20-07-2006 10:54
#1
Seemed like an unusual fly, and I can't decide what family it is likely to be.

Photographed near a pond in a woodland area, West Virginia USA, 11 May 2006.

Thanks in advance for any ID help!

Posted by Kahis on 20-07-2006 11:11
#2
It is a non-biting midge (Chironomidae)

Posted by Stephen on 20-07-2006 20:50
#3
Kahis, Thanks very much for giving me the family of this fly!