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Family: psocidae
A small 2mm long insect with prominent eyes, long sweeping segmented antennae and a narrow neck. I could clearly see round black markings on thoracic segments and smaller black marks on the abdominal segments. It could have had wings but there appeared to be a "floating" layer around the body with white specks ( ? debris). The insect did not fly but kept running for cover under bark. Body looked slightly dorso-ventrally flattened but could not see clearly enough to confirm this.
Eucalyptus tree bark
I saw another similar insect appear from a tiny hole in in the bark but he dissappeared soon after. The only insect similar to this was in the Family Psocidae - bark lice. I would greatly appreciate confirmation of my ID. Unsure of the genus. Could this be a nymph ? http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&a...
Spotted on Sep 19, 2012
Submitted on Sep 23, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks so much for the confirmation Martin. I agree that this one is a nymph.
I agree with bark louse. I believe its still a nymph and therefore has no wings yet. Well, spring is still young. They are often profuse. Here's an example; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/817...