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unknown small bug - Ectopsocus briggsi

Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: ~3mm.

Collected in our yard from Baccharis pilularis or Heteromeles arbutifolia by using a beating sheet. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

Contributed by Gary McDonald on 30 August, 2008 - 10:24pm
Last updated 1 April, 2009 - 8:21pm

Moved

Moved from Ectopsocus.

… v belov, 1 April, 2009 - 8:21pm

Thank you v belov

for the species ID.

… Gary McDonald, 1 April, 2009 - 8:27pm

Probably Ectopsocus briggsi

Ed Mockford det.

… v belov, 1 April, 2009 - 8:28pm

Moved

Moved from Barklice and Booklice.

… Gary McDonald, 20 January, 2009 - 9:29am

nicely shot; must be further IDable by an expert (i'm not one)

(i would guess Ectopsocidae, though)

… v belov, 22 September, 2008 - 2:01am

Yes it is an Ectopsocus sp.

Yes it is an Ectopsocus sp.

… Psocoptera, 20 January, 2009 - 3:19am

Thank you Psocoptera

for the genus ID.

… Gary McDonald, 20 January, 2009 - 9:30am

ID

It's a Psocid of some sort (Psocoptera).

… Andy Calderwood, 31 August, 2008 - 12:28am

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