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Insect Order Diptera (True Flies)

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AthericidaeWatersnipe Flies00
BlephariceridaeNet-Veined Midges00
Chaoboridae01
ChironomidaeMidges04
CulicidaeMosquitoes00
Dixidae00
Dolichopodidae00
LimoniidaeLimoniid Crane Flies00
PediciidaePediciid Crane Flies00
PtychopteridaePhantom Crane Flies00
SimuliidaeBlack Flies04
TipulidaeCrane Flies00

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This is page 2 of underwater photos of Diptera. Visit the main Diptera page for:

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9 Underwater Pictures of True Flies:

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The strange tubes all over this rock house tiny midge larvae. In this picture: Insect Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies), Insect Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies), and True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges). From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.
The strange tubes all over this rock house tiny midge larvae.

In this picture: Insect Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies), Insect Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies), and True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges).
StateWisconsin
LocationNamekagon River
Date TakenMar 20, 2004
Date AddedJan 25, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraOlympus C740UZ
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In this picture: True Fly Family Chaoboridae and Insect Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies). From Hemlock Creek in New York.


In this picture: True Fly Family Chaoboridae and Insect Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies).
StateNew York
LocationHemlock Creek
Date TakenApr 3, 2007
Date AddedApr 3, 2007
AuthorTroutnut
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
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This isn't really an underwater picture, but a picture taken into my aquarium of midge larvae which lived in the silt I used for substrate. Each larva has a little tower of detritus built up along the bottom, while the bare larva waves around from the top. In this picture: True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges). From Mystery Creek # 62 in New York.
This isn't really an underwater picture, but a picture taken into my aquarium of midge larvae which lived in the silt I used for substrate. Each larva has a little tower of detritus (Detritus: Small, loose pieces of decaying organic matter underwater.) built up along the bottom, while the bare larva waves around from the top.

In this picture: True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges).
StateNew York
Date AddedApr 24, 2007
AuthorTroutnut
CameraCanon EOS 20D
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In this picture: True Fly Family Simuliidae (Black Flies). From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.


In this picture: True Fly Family Simuliidae (Black Flies).
StateWisconsin
LocationNamekagon River
Date TakenApr 25, 2004
Date AddedJan 25, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraOlympus C740UZ
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The large caddisfly case (really less than 1/2 inch) is a Brachycentridae larva. The other cases are actually the protective sheaths of black fly (Simuliidae) pupae. The two antler-like pieces sticking out of each one are not legs, but antennal sheaths. In this picture: Caddisfly Family Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms) and True Fly Family Simuliidae (Black Flies). From Spring Creek in Wisconsin.
The large caddisfly case (really less than 1/2 inch) is a Brachycentridae larva. The other cases are actually the protective sheaths of black fly (Simuliidae) pupae. The two antler-like pieces sticking out of each one are not legs, but antennal sheaths.

In this picture: Caddisfly Family Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms) and True Fly Family Simuliidae (Black Flies).
StateWisconsin
LocationSpring Creek
Date TakenJun 22, 2006
Date AddedJul 1, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
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In this picture: True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges). From the Gulkana River in Alaska.


In this picture: True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges).
StateAlaska
LocationGulkana River
Date TakenJul 17, 2011
Date AddedJul 20, 2011
AuthorTroutnut
CameraCanon PowerShot D10
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