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Thrips - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Noah Elhardt

Thrips - Male Female
Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
January 29, 2007
Size: 1.2 mm.
Copulating pair of miniature beetles(?). Caught with sweep net on coastal sage scrub (Artemisia californica, Salvia sp.) or a pepper tree.

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Contributed by Noah Elhardt on 29 January, 2007 - 11:27pm
Last updated 30 January, 2007 - 11:15am

Not beetles!
This is a pair of thrips ("thrips" is both singular AND plural, as we are forced to explain every time thanks to the person who named them:-) Order is Thysanoptera.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 January, 2007 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That explains it! Beetles didn't quite fit (the wings didn't look right, and the shape was unusual for a miniature beetle), but having never studied thrips under a microscope, beetles seemed to be the closest fit.
… Noah Elhardt, 30 January, 2007 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

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