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Photo#86523
Book Louse

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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Family Liposcelididae
While we can't quite see the thickened femur the Psocoptera does appear to be dorsal ventrally flattened which is a distinctive trait for the Family Liposcelididae.

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Moved from Book Lice.