Cedar Creek
Ecosystem Science Reserve


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order DIPTERA

Family ANISOPODIDAE

(Wood Gnats)

(Table of Species)

The Wood Gnats (9 NA spp) constitute a small family whose larvae feed in decaying logs. Perhaps three species in the genera Sylvicola, Mycetobia, and Obliogaster have been collected at CCESR.


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