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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Psocetae » Common Barklice (Psocidae) » Psocinae » Cerastipsocus » Tree Cattle (Cerastipsocus venosus)
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Large Groups of Huddled Bugs on my tree trunk & branches - Cerastipsocus venosus
Copyright © 2007 wendihenry

Large Groups of Huddled Bugs on my tree trunk & branches - Cerastipsocus venosus
Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
June 11, 2007
Size: 1/4"
when I zoomed in, I noticed the geometric pattern on the beetles back and the two white semicircles on the wing ends, also the smaller insect has bright horizontal stripes
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Contributed by wendihenry on 13 June, 2007 - 8:48pm
Last updated 15 September, 2007 - 1:37pm

Moved
Moved from Psocidae.
… john and jane balaban, 15 September, 2007 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Cerastipsocus venosus
Good observations. It is a group of adult and nymph Cerastipsocus venosus; Family Psocidae. They are one of the more conspicuous species in the East. I often see nymphs and adults clustered together in large groups on smooth tree trunks. The nymphs have yellow and brown striped abdomens. They are one of the largest barklouse in eastern North America. I assume the winged adults are recently metamorphosed siblings to the nymphs around them.
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