Book Louse Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada November 9, 2006 Size: 1 mm
I believe this is a book louse. Sorry about the quality; that's the best macro that I coaxed out of my Canon PowerShot (don't have an actual macro lens yet). This one was walking along my marble window ledge, where a few dead midges have collected. Perhaps the louse was scavenging on these. I somehow spotted the insect without a hand lens and without bringing my head close to the ledge ... don't quite know how I managed to do that.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 10 November, 2006 - 11:29am Last updated 15 September, 2007 - 8:51am |