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Photo#1948660
Black barklouse - Soa flaviterminata

Black barklouse - Soa flaviterminata
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
March 17, 2021
This one stayed only very briefly.

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Black barklouse - Soa flaviterminata Black barklouse - Soa flaviterminata

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Alfonso Garcia Aldrete IDed this one ...
New genus, new species for the guide! It's Soa flaviterminata. On the other image you can see the fringe of yellow setae at the distal end of the forewings.

 
Fantastic! Thank you.
Fantastic! Thank you.

Moved

Good grief!
I've never seen anything like it! That's got to be a new species, perhaps introduced. Please look for more and get as good an image as you can. It's in the family Lepidopsocidae. Try to capture one and preserve in alcohol. You still have the Midas Touch!

 
Thanks, Diane. I will try to
Thanks, Diane. I will try to get this one too. I have a couple new brushes arriving any day from Bioquip so I am hoping to get the specimen factory running more smoothly.

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