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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Troctomorpha » Booklice (Liposcelididae) » Liposcelis » Section I (Liposcelis Section I)
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Whatsit - Liposcelis
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Whatsit - Liposcelis
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 13, 2009
Size: 1 mm or less
I was taking pictures of bugs inside my house on a piece of white paper when I noticed this tiny speck moving. I thought it was a small springtail, but when I looked at the pictures, it obviously isn't. But what is it? So very tiny!

It's on copy paper, if the texture of the paper you can see here gives you any idea of how small it is.
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 13 August, 2009 - 6:54pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 4:41pm

Liposcelis sec. I sp. -- Ed Mockford det.
Moved from Book Lice.
… v belov, 19 November, 2009 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Section 1?
What does that mean?
… Ashley Bradford, 20 November, 2009 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ashley Bradford, 13 August, 2009 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

Book louse
Liposcelidae.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/18966/bgimage
… Natalie Hernandez, 13 August, 2009 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, so it is!
Thank you - I believe this is the first I've seen. Now I can see the difference between them and bark lice. =)
… Ashley Bradford, 13 August, 2009 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah its in the antennae
That bump on the face is how you distinguish the order (its where their sitophore-pestle is located and used for grinding up the starchy material they like to eat), then look at the antennae. They're the only family with those super thin antennae, and I believe they're smaller than most other psocoptera.
… Natalie Hernandez, 13 August, 2009 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

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