Unknown Bark Louse - Echmepteryx hageni

Moved tentatively per Diane's comment

Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.

… v belov, 10 March, 2017 - 8:52am

this is likely..

a nymph of Echmepteryx hageni (Lepidopsocidae)

… Diane Young, 7 March, 2017 - 8:04pm

Thank you

very much for the identification. I wish I could find more adult bark lice, but I seem to keep finding nymphs instead. :) I'll keep looking.

… Susan Leach Snyder, 11 March, 2017 - 3:49pm

Is this creature covered with hairs?

Could you count the flagellomeres for me?

… Diane Young, 3 March, 2017 - 3:05pm

March 3: Yes it

is covered in hairs. It appears to have 18 flagellomeres, but I will need to look at it again to be accurate.

March 7: I'm adding another photo to show the body hairs, as well as a photo to show the flagellomeres. I'm having trouble counting the flagellomeres, but it looks like a lot more than my original count of 18. It looks like more than 30 to me. They are very small near the tip and my magnification isn't that great.

… Susan Leach Snyder, 3 March, 2017 - 3:30pm