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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Homilopsocidea » Outer Barklice (Ectopsocidae) » Ectopsocus » Ectopsocus vachoni
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Louse - Ectopsocus vachoni
Copyright © 2014 Jordan Landerman

Louse - Ectopsocus vachoni
Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California, USA
December 11, 2014
Size: ~1mm
This little one showed up in one of my feeder cockroach bins soon after I added a layer of natural substrate (japanese maple leaves, bark, and dirt) to the enclosure, so I'm assuming it hitched a ride in the substrate. Is this a nymph? If it is a nymph and can only be ID'd as an adult, I will keep it in a cup until it reaches adulthood then photograph it again.

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Contributed by Jordan Landerman on 11 December, 2014 - 8:29am
Last updated 11 December, 2014 - 2:38pm

toldya. thanks Diane
Moved from Unidentified eggs, nymphs, and brachypterous adults.
… v belov, 11 December, 2014 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

This one is ...
the micropterous form of Ectopsocus vachoni
… Diane Young, 11 December, 2014 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Micopterous Form
Is the micopterous form rare? I have since found 4 more and they all are micopterous. Also, what do they feed on? I'm going to attempt to start an indoor culture of them just for fun.
… Jordan Landerman, 11 December, 2014 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you so much!
… Jordan Landerman, 11 December, 2014 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

hope Diane or Dr Mockford narrow it down
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 December, 2014 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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