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Forum: Insect and Spider IdentificationReplies: 2, Views: 39
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threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)

May 13, 2008
10:33 PM

Post #4948173

I'd like to post this pic. in Bug Files but need a positive ID first. It's just a common Black fly as far as I'm concerned but needs a proper name to be entered.

These things cause us so much grief up here they need some recognition!!

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Harpenden
(United Kingdom)

May 16, 2008
8:20 AM

Post #4958954

It looks like a biting midge (no-see-um) from the family Ceratopogonidae. Probably a Culicoides sp.
claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA
(Zone 6b)

May 16, 2008
10:18 AM

Post #4959400

Close - it's in the Simuliidae:

[HYPERLINK@bugguide.net]

If we can figure out which of the two common genera this belongs to (Simulium and Prosimulium), threegardeners can put this all-too-common critter's mug shot in BugFiles.

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