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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Homilopsocidea » Stout Barklice (Peripsocidae) » Peripsocus
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Frost-killed psocopteran - Peripsocus - male
Copyright © 2020 Jonas Insinga

Frost-killed psocopteran - Peripsocus - Male
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
November 1, 2020
This individual was found clinging to the lid of our compost bin (it seems to be an attractive spot for bark lice; There's usually at least one or two basking or clambering about it during the day.) However, on the 30th of October (two days before this photo), Nashua received 3-4 inches of snow. We had previously had frosts, and while that coincided with an observable reduction in the diversity of active insects, after the snows thawed I began running into frost-killed insects such as this bark louse pictured above. It had evidently died clinging to the top of the compost bin, slumped on its side.

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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 2 November, 2020 - 10:22am
Last updated 3 November, 2020 - 12:24pm

Moved
Moved from Psocomorpha.
… Jonas Insinga, 3 November, 2020 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

This "roadkill" is
Peripsocus, but can't take it further without a closer look.
… Diane Young, 3 November, 2020 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jonas Insinga, 2 November, 2020 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

A couple questions...
I have to admit that psocopterans aren't my strong suit, photographically or identification wise. Even so, I like a challenge and I've been surprised by the apparent diversity of them we have around my area. In my family's backyard alone there appears to be *at least* four species. However due to their small size, fast and active movements (in the case of some), and my own limited skills with my equipment, they pose a challenge to get good, clear photographs of.

As such, in addition to these images, I have a couple questions:
(1) Are there any good references to the psocoptera that are available that people would recommend?
(2) What are the possible reasons why my photographs keep coming out so blurry? I do have unsteady hands and have recently come into possession of a monopod to help stabilize myself, but are there other possible causes of blurring within images taken through macro photography?
… Jonas Insinga, 2 November, 2020 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Try my website
http://www.sam-diane.com/psocopteraoftexas.html

Diane Young
… Diane Young, 3 November, 2020 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
Oh, cool!
Thanks, Diane! This looks like a great resource.
… Jonas Insinga, 3 November, 2020 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

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