Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chaoboridae?

Posted by cyprinoid on 11-04-2010 21:06
#1

Can anyone confirm?

The veins looks scaled


Norway, 11.04.10

Posted by John Carr on 09-04-2011 02:39
#2

This is a Chironominae with hairy wings. Most Tanytarsini and a few genera of Chironomini have hairy wings. The way the front legs are held, with femora up over the thorax, "knee" bent at a right angle, and rest of legs pointed ahead or ahead and to the side, is distinctive.