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				Common Name:  Biting Midge 
				 
				
				Kingdom: Animalia 
				Phylum: Arthropoda 
				Subphylum: Hexapoda 
				Class: Insecta 
				Subclass:   
				Order: Diptera 
				Suborder: Nematocera 
				Infraorder: Culicomorpha 
				Superfamily:   
				Family: Ceratopogonidae 
				Subfamily: Ceratopogoninae 
				Tribe:   
				Species:  Culicoides variipennis?
  
				
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				Location:  
				Captiva Island 
				Captiva,
				FL 
				USA 
				GPS: 26.487654,-82.183568
  
				
				Date: 3/5/12
  
				Stage:   
				Sex: Female 
				Notes:  
  
				Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/620758 
				
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			 Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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