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dvdwyn Aug 25, 2015

they are very small insects, i had to macro shoot them otherwise they look like ants, they can fly around...
they always nearby my fish ponds...

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dvdwyn Aug 25, 2015

they are the size of a baby ants, very2 small

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 26, 2015

Possibly non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae; there are species in at least two genera that have greatly elongated front legs - see http://www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/stenochironomus_cf_gibbus.jpg for an example.

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dvdwyn Aug 30, 2015

@flapdoodle

yeah they probably midges... although cant find exactly the same ones on the web... but similar, yes.. thanks!

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