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Myopsocus sp.
This small flying insect landed on my jacket while walking around a local lake. About 6mm long, long antennae, broadish head, wings closed to vertical.
In a local nature reserve at the edge of a large lake.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/72842252@N...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Oct 6, 2014
Submitted on Oct 8, 2014
2 Comments
So it thought I was a tree I suppose. :) (thanks)
Bark lice, or louse, in this case.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psocoptera