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Barklouse - Graphopsocus cruciatus

Barklouse - Graphopsocus cruciatus
Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 18, 2005
Size: ~4mm (including wings)
I caught this one as it was flying around my head, and I took it indoors to photograph.

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Graphopsocus cruciatus
The wing markings and vein patterns on this species is unlike most other Psocoptera in North America...five dark black marks in the first half of the wing and a light beige "F" mark in the second half of the wing. A species of Cerastipsocus also has an "F" but the discoidal cell (in the centre of the wing) is very different. Graphopsocus cruciatus; Family Stenopsocidae is thought to have been introduced in the 1930 to both the east and west coast from Europe or Asia. After quickly spreading up and down both coasts it is now slowly moving inland.

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