Tiny vegetarian midge resting on a petal (10015177426)
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Description: Identified by John Carr as a female Ceratopogonidae, probably Dasyhelea. The adults of this genus of "Biting Midge" is a vegetarian, living on the nectar of flowers. It was about 3 mm long. Date: 30 September 2013, 08:21. Source: Tiny vegetarian midge resting on a petal. Author: Martin Cooper from Ipswich, UK.
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- Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
- Ceratopogonidae (biting midges)
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