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Description:

The organism I want to identify is near the top of the field of view, next to the leaf's vein. It is flattened, oval-shaped, and appears to be soft-bodied. There are two eye-spots on one end, and its body is transparent.

Habitat:

The photo is of the back of a fern leaf at 35x magnification. The structure on the bottom is a sorus. The fern was grown in a greenhouse, so the location may not be relevant.

Notes:

I suspect that this could be a type of terrestrial mollusk. I wouldn't think it's an insect because of the lack of an exoskeleton or jointed appendages, but I suppose it could be a larval arthropod.

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2 Comments

andrecoppe
andrecoppe 8 years ago

Hi EricGreen,
It is likely to be a scale (a sort of plant-parasitic insect). This link is an example of it: http://bugguide.net/node/view/487942/bgi...

JoshuaGSmith
JoshuaGSmith 8 years ago

I can't help you with the ID, but the people at BugGuide.com might know.

EricGreen
Spotted by
EricGreen

Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Sep 22, 2015
Submitted on Sep 22, 2015

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