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ORDER DIPTERA 



Clover-flower Midge {T>asynenra leguminicola). — The clover- 

 flower inid^e li\es within the heads of clover and feeds U])on 

 the clover bloom and seed. Its life-cycle is adapted to the 



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Fig. 198. — The rlover-flower midge (Dasyneura leguminicola) : a, enlarged 

 dorsal view of male with scales denuded; b, head; c, genitalia; d, antennal 

 joints, more highly magnified, to show structure; e, tarsal claw; /, /, forms 

 of scales. (From Riley, Div. Eut., U. S. Dept. Ag.) 



l)looming of the clover, so that the larvae appear at the ])roper 

 time for feeding upon the clover seed. There are two fairly 

 distinct broods each season, the first brood of larvji^ develop 



