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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Caeciliusetae » Shaggy Psocids (Dasydemellidae) » Teliapsocus » Teliapsocus conterminus
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Barklouse nymph (near egg cluster) - Teliapsocus conterminus
Copyright © 2022 Mark Swanson

Barklouse nymph (near egg cluster) - Teliapsocus conterminus
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
February 11, 2022
Size: about 2 mm
Barklouse nymph near egg cluster. (The Barklouse walked around the entire leaf after I disturbed him/her with my flash, but always returned to the underside near the eggs.) Could the eggs be Barklice eggs of the same species? Considering how large this nymph is compared to the eggs (which appear intact/unhatched under silk), I assume he/she hatched from a different cluster elsewhere (and if so, it's curious that the nymph is visiting this cluster/leaf).

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Contributed by Mark Swanson on 11 February, 2022 - 8:10pm
Last updated 12 February, 2022 - 6:24am

THat is interesting ...
T conterminus does lay eggs in cutches and cover them lightly with silk. One can only guess why a nymph would be attracted to the eggs.
… Diane Young, 8 September, 2022 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… Diane Young, 12 February, 2022 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Common Barklice.
… Mark Swanson, 11 February, 2022 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

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