Thanks for help with identification Dave. So it's an idge not an osquito then
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I've seen lots of these in my garden and they all have the same very light blue abdomen with a dark tip. The light part of the abdomen looks almost like clear glass when seen at "real life" size. Non of them have a banded abdomen. I've not been able to find an image where the abdomen looks exactly like my midge although all of the
Chironomidae look generally very similar.
Bruce
