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unknown on lichen covered rock - Stimulopalpus japonicus
Copyright © 2020 Wendy Jegla

unknown on lichen covered rock - Stimulopalpus japonicus

Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 7, 2020
Size: ~ 3 mm
Found several of these skittering around on a large, lichen-covered rock next to a stream. Found along with:
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Contributed by Wendy Jegla on 7 September, 2020 - 3:34pm

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You are so right.
Stimulopalpus japonicus. I wish I could occasionally shrink myself down to 4 mm. and explore a lichen forest.
… Diane Young, 8 September, 2020 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… Bob Biagi, 7 September, 2020 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Thinking it might be this one:



Diane will know.

EDIT: Guess Bob got to it first. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 September, 2020 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Never get tired of
impossibly small things that aren't anonymous "things". They're known to science and have names, life histories, etc. Also wish I had thought to label my submission "Moth-Hopper-Louse-Bug Thingy" as with this entry: https://bugguide.net/node/view/296617
… Wendy Jegla, 7 September, 2020 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

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