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Racketman,

I found this discovery of yours to be most interesting -- and passed on the info to Dr. Art Borkent, who is a (the!) world authority on Ceratopogonidae. He says:

"...if this is from England, it is a female Mallochohelea nitida, with a ribbon of eggs dangling from her. This type of egg laying is present in a group of genera in the tribe Sphaeromiini. Good photo too! I'd be interested in getting a high resolution copy. Possible?
Cheers. Art

Dr. Art Borkent,
Salmon Arm, British Columbia,
V1E 2C2, Canada.

email: aborkent@sunlite.ca

website: http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/research/FLYTREE/Borkent.html"

Thanks for any help on this,

Eric