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Bark lice

Description:

Elaborate wing pattern and red body. There is one smaller without wings. Genus Ectopsocus.

Habitat:

Tree trunk.

1 Species ID Suggestions

stho002
stho002 10 years ago
Bark lice
Psocoptera


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10 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Done. Thank you Lauren. Yes in Yaxchilan.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Beautiful colorful ones! Was this in Yaxchilán?
Don't forget to remove it from the Fly Mission :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you stho002 for the ID.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks Stephen. Very colourful for bark lice.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

....could they be adult Psyllids??

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thanks Leuba and Martin.

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

These are plant lice with their long antennae.
They are in the order hemiptera. Think of aphids on steroids.
They have four wings and do not belong in the true flies mission.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

They look more like flies Mark.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

I can see the little one with wing buds?? - very nice. I hope you find an ID for this interesting insect- I like the wing pattern.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Interesting Luis. Some cricket or katydid type?

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 10, 2013
Submitted on Apr 8, 2014

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