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Photo#2310895
Bug

Bug
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
November 4, 2023
Size: ~ 0.4 mm
Cimicidae?

Found on pest control glue trap.

In retrospect, I likely brought this specimen indoors after doing yard work which included pulling heavily overgrown ivy out of a holly tree. I encountered at least one nest but didn't think anything of it. Much of the work was overhead and plenty of fine debris came down on top of me. When I came home and dusted myself off, I was standing next to the glue trap which had been set out earlier in the week (for other reasons). The only other catches to date (from two traps) are one house spider and one silver fish.

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We reluctantly took in the lice ...
but this is too much! Ha Ha. To me it looks more bedbuggy than booklously.

 
Bedbuggy, mothy, waspy is to
Bedbuggy, mothy, waspy is to incipient entomologist as macrography is to incipient photographer? I'll take it!

 
thanks Diane!

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

the head looks kinda booklousy... antennae has to be long
...which i don't see here • hope Diane Young chimes in
wide flat legs look funny

 
Agreed. I couldn't find the
Agreed. I couldn't find the antenna amidst the glue and lint. The abdomen is thin, not globular. The two long setae off the back of the abdomen look distinctive.

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