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 Family

The feelers in the Like the mosquito, with smooth wings. Midges. kinds bite like Some They appear early in the Spring, before the snow melts.

CHIRONOMID/E.

3.

males are extremely feathery. mosquitoes.

CHIRONOMUS. Feather I.

C/i. cr/staiiis.

in.

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yellowish, with three ash gra' stripes



midge.

body with brown bands



leg ^"5^^ -.*^

yellowish.

3a ill- whitish, chest part with thrte reildish stripes; bod' reddish wit,, whitish bands and end ring with black dot.

z.

Cli. glaiiCHi-us.

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4.

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lobifcr.

baiuls



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in.

whitish, with three



wing with

%

faint

brown

brown

stripes on chest part



i

dot.

6.

with rust-yellow stripes; body yith black bands. festiviis. i^ in. greenish, chest part with one black, and two yellow lines in the Ch. lineola. Ch. occdnicN.s. }z ill- found on eelgrass and seaweeds.

7.

Ch.

taiitiotiis.

8.

CJi.

modcsius.

5.

I

body black with grayish

in.; greenish,

niidtlle.



feet

V^ i'y;

in.



in.



bright green.

green, with yellow stripes



wing white with

front yeins

and point brown



joints of

brown.

Family 4. DIXID/C. swamps on skunk cabbage.

Wood Midges.

Mosquito-likc, but differs in venation

DIXA.

Wood midge.

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ol

wings.

Is

found

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