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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 25, 2008

I have no idea in what family I have to do a search finding the ID for this one. The picture is not very sharp, the camera had great difficulty to focus as it had a kind of 'smokey' appearance with little contrasts..
I found it on a nettle leaf in a local Nature Reserve...

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 25, 2008

Front legs up to rest, it's a Non-biting Midge, family Chironomidae. In Order Diptera, the biting ones (mosquitoes) rest their hind legs up!

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 25, 2008

Thank you wallaby!

Now I found a close match in this family.
I think I'll have to keep it as being a Chironomus sp.

http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?soortengroep=insecten&menuentry=soorten&id=667&tab=classificatie

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