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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Psocetae » Common Barklice (Psocidae) » Psocinae » Cerastipsocus » Tree Cattle (Cerastipsocus venosus)
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ID Help, please - Cerastipsocus venosus
Copyright © 2017 Stephen Gingold

ID Help, please - Cerastipsocus venosus
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 7, 2017
Size: @3/8"
Sorry for the angle and just one image. When I tried for another away it went.
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 7 August, 2017 - 4:22pm

Moved to Cerastipsocus venosus
Moved from ID Request.

Nice find, Stephen. This looks like a male.
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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 7 August, 2017 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 7 August, 2017 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Robert.
I found a swarm of common bark lice a few years ago and the abdomen now looks familiar when I look back at that.
… Stephen Gingold, 7 August, 2017 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Herds
The sociology of herds is the most interesting of all psocids
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 7 August, 2017 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

Common Barklouse
This looks like Cerastipsocus venosus. (eastern) Hold on for an expert.
… Bob Biagi, 7 August, 2017 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Bob
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