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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 californicus
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Tiny fly? - Ectopsocus californicus
Copyright © 2016 Les

Tiny fly? - Ectopsocus californicus
Chesterfield, St Louis County, Missouri, USA
April 16, 2016
Size: approx 1/6 inch
Looks a little like a fly except for the long antenna. Question for the experts - are the spots on this insect natural or is it infested with even tinier mites? The picture referencing size is one showing the tip of my finger as a reference.

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Contributed by Les on 16 April, 2016 - 10:01am
Last updated 18 July, 2016 - 5:50pm

Moved
Moved from Ectopsocus.
… Aaron Hunt, 18 July, 2016 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Based on spots at margin of forewing...
and pattern on vertex of head. this is Ectopsocus californicus.
… Diane Young, 18 July, 2016 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… v belov, 27 June, 2016 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. My best guess would be Ectopsocus.
… Aaron Hunt, 16 April, 2016 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

Psocodea
One of the "barklice." They are free-living, non-parasitic, not like the sucking and biting lice. The spots are natural, but I'll leave it to an expert to take the ID further.
… Chris Hartley, 16 April, 2016 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Chris is St Louis' resident entomologist and excellent reservoir of knowledge.
… Les, 18 April, 2016 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

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