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Copyright © 2009 Lisa Scheffler

Moth or Fly? - Echmepteryx hageni

Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
August 26, 2009
Size: 1/4"

Contributed by Lisa Scheffler on 29 August, 2009 - 7:05pm
Last updated 3 September, 2009 - 3:33pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 3 September, 2009 - 3:33pm

Cropping

Please crop your images closer to "just the bug". Only you and the editors can see your full-size images, so much of the detail is lost for everyone else. I did this one.

… John R. Maxwell, 30 August, 2009 - 12:15pm

Thank you.

I will crop closer in future.

… Lisa Scheffler, 31 August, 2009 - 4:30pm

Neither

Unlike either of those, this one seems to have free-moving mandibles instead of mouthparts fused into a tube.

I'm not quite sure what it is, but it reminds me of a barklouse (Order Psocoptera)

… Chuck Entz, 29 August, 2009 - 9:38pm

Reminds me of

… Domingo Zungri, 30 August, 2009 - 12:06pm

Booklice

That's great. It does look like that. Thank you for your help!

… Lisa Scheffler, 31 August, 2009 - 7:11am

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