Blephariceridae - Net-Winged Midges

Found in fast-moving, clean and cold streams. Larvae use ventral suckers to which they adhere to the surfaces of rocks, often near the water surface or even above in the splash zone.

Blepharicera Macquart, 1843

Blepharicera tenuipes (Walker), 1848 Asindulum - new state record - Salmon-Trout River (middle falls), Marquette Co. (coll. E. Bright)

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