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Insect Order Diptera (True Flies)

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Family in DipteraNumber of SpecimensNumber of Pictures
AthericidaeWatersnipe Flies25
BlephariceridaeNet-Veined Midges00
Chaoboridae01
ChironomidaeMidges2385
CulicidaeMosquitoes15
LimoniidaeLimoniid Crane Flies415
PediciidaePediciid Crane Flies19
PtychopteridaePhantom Crane Flies13
SimuliidaeBlack Flies420
TipulidaeCrane Flies1051

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

  • The behavior and habitat of Diptera.
  • Studio pictures of 46 Diptera specimens.
  • 6 streamside pictures of Diptera.

9 Underwater Pictures of True Flies:

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The white blotches on this rock are Leucotrichia caddisfly cases, and the wispy tubes are cases made by a type of midge. In this picture: Caddisfly Species Leucotrichia pictipes (Ring Horn Microcaddis), Mayfly Species Ephemerella invaria (Sulphur Dun), and True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges). From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.
The white blotches on this rock are Leucotrichia caddisfly cases, and the wispy tubes are cases made by a type of midge.

In this picture: Caddisfly Species Leucotrichia pictipes (Ring Horn Microcaddis), Mayfly Species Ephemerella invaria (Sulphur Dun), and True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges).
StateWisconsin
LocationNamekagon River
Date TakenMar 24, 2004
Date AddedJan 25, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
CameraOlympus C740UZ
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The strange tubes all over this rock house tiny midge larvae. In this picture: True Fly Family Chironomidae (Midges), Insect Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies), and Insect Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies). From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.
The strange tubes all over this rock house tiny midge larvae.

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