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Kelly85
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 Can anyone tell me to which family this one belongs? It was found in the graslands of a farm.
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 A blackfly, Simuliidae.
 
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 Ceratopogonidae more likely.
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 Yes, You should be right, now I see it also!
 
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 Most likely the female of Sphaeromias sp.
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