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threegardeners North Augusta, ON May 14, 2008

I'd like to post this pic. in Bug Files but need a positive ID first. It's just a common Black fly as far as I'm concerned but needs a proper name to be entered.

These things cause us so much grief up here they need some recognition!!

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Imaginos Harpenden, United Kingdom May 16, 2008

It looks like a biting midge (no-see-um) from the family Ceratopogonidae. Probably a Culicoides sp.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) May 16, 2008

Close - it's in the Simuliidae:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/16613

If we can figure out which of the two common genera this belongs to (Simulium and Prosimulium), threegardeners can put this all-too-common critter's mug shot in bugfiles.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/847576/

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