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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Troctomorpha » Booklice (Liposcelididae) » Liposcelis » Section I (Liposcelis Section I) » Group B (Liposcelis Group B) » Liposcelis nigra
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Bedroom Biter? - Liposcelis nigra
Copyright © 2008 DougNew

Bedroom Biter? - Liposcelis nigra
June 6, 2008
Size: 1mm
Length is roughly 1mm. Found at the head of the bed, underneath a skylight, in daytime, moving with fair speed.
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Contributed by DougNew on 6 June, 2008 - 10:41pm
Last updated 28 February, 2009 - 9:39am

Moved
Moved from Liposcelis.
… john and jane balaban, 28 February, 2009 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nymphs (or reduced-winged adults).
… John R. Maxwell, 25 February, 2009 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

Liposcelis Section I, probably L. nigra (Banks)
Ed Mockford det.
… v belov, 25 February, 2009 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Barklice and Booklice.
… john and jane balaban, 18 January, 2009 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Good possibility
The booklouse photos are sure similar - good thinking.

A local pest controller, using his loupe but not a microscope, wondered if it might be a 'thrip.' That'd explain the biting (apparently thrips bite, but booklice do not?), but it doesn't look like any thrip photos I've yet found.
… DougNew, 9 June, 2008 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID but
reminds me of Psocoptera (Barklice and Booklice)
examples:
… John R. Maxwell, 6 June, 2008 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

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