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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice) » Mallophaga (Chewing Lice) » Amblycera » Menoponidae
Photo#66314
Bird Louse
Copyright © 2006 Kerry S. Matz

Bird Louse
Salt Lake City, N40°46.727'W111°52.629'ele4609', Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
July 22, 2006
Size: 1.4mm
Here is one for a new page. Menopodinae; Amblycera; Mallophaga. Taken from a female House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). This was shot with a Canon 65mm 1x-5x at 5x. The trade offs between depth-of field and aperature sharpness are at the limit. Specimen has been saved (70% ETOH) and available for placement in a collection.
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Contributed by Kerry S. Matz on 24 July, 2006 - 9:40am
Last updated 7 September, 2007 - 4:16am

Moved
Moved from Amblycera.
… Boris Büche, 7 September, 2007 - 4:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Amblycera.
… Boris Büche, 7 September, 2007 - 4:15am login or register to post comments

Thanks both...
for the comments. I've learned to never pass up an opportunity, with digital you can't blame it on "all the film is in the freezer."
I wouldn't be surprised if GPS capabilities are incorporated into the high end cameras in the future and added the data to the image metafile.
… Kerry S. Matz, 15 August, 2006 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Prescient prediction!
Indeed they are!
… Graham Montgomery, 17 June, 2020 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

cool !
I agree with Eric. Nice to see something we don't usually get to see. Your photo has nice detail -- not easy even with your 65mm lens, at 5x.
… Joyce Gross, 25 July, 2006 - 12:52am login or register to post comments

Super!
What a great effort:-) Thank you for paying attention to the smaller, less charismatic types, Kerry! Can't beat the GPS location data, either! Keep up the great work.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 July, 2006 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

 
...
I have made a page for Amblycera. Anonone want to take a stab at whether this is Ricinidae or Menoponidae?
I am guessing that this is Menoponidae, but I would like confirmation. Kerry?
… Sean McCann, 19 August, 2006 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Head shape
is typical of Menoponidae, wide triangular.
… Kerry S. Matz, 20 August, 2006 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

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