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Thysanoptera
About 2 mm long. Black. Rather flexible
In rolled up dried leaves still attached to a fig tree. The rest of the leaves without these insects were wet and shiny and open.
Spotted on Sep 1, 2014
Submitted on Sep 2, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks andrecoppe!
Hi SFShep!
They are plant-feeders thrips.
Look at these links for more details:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7754/bgpag...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips