Found dead and dried on a curtain in my living room. I am not actually sure what I am looking at. Possibly there are parasitic acari (the greenish warty blobs at the extreme left), plus I don't know what to do of the small ?legs/antennae pointing backwards between the eyes.
Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 5x on motorized Mitutoyo FS-60 scope driven by Stackshot controller under Zerene Stacker software control, stacked with Zerene Stacker DMap, manually retouched.
Dead mosquito-like ?dipteran
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Re: Dead mosquito-like ?dipteran
Chironomidae female laying on it's back. Those mystery legs would be the palps.
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Re: Dead mosquito-like ?dipteran
Aha! I did not realize it was upside-down. So the eyes are essentially on the ventral surface of the head, pointing downward.
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Re: Dead mosquito-like ?dipteran
The head is tipped forward/down on many species. See the Chironomidae - Winter Midge post I just made.