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Old 05-17-2005, 07:19 AM   #18
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Oops.

WeirsCAM doesn't have the correct file name suffix for posting here.

They look like chironomid midges -- a non-biting, mosquito-looking, flying insect.

They are a harbinger of um...um...tainted water.

Habitat described, and sketch/drawing of a midge:

http://muextension.missouri.edu/expl...sts/g07402.htm

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