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DIPTERA, Orphnephilidae --  <Images> & <Juveniles>

 

 

Members of this family are mostly or entirely aquatic in habit.  The larvae feed in part on minute organisms such as diatoms and on small Crustacea.

 

 

References:   Please refer to  <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references may be found at:  MELVYL Library]