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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Troctomorpha » Booklice (Liposcelididae) » Liposcelis » Section II (Liposcelis Section II) » Booklouse (Liposcelis bostrychophila)
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seed crawlers - Liposcelis bostrychophila
Copyright © 2010 SusannahA

seed crawlers - Liposcelis bostrychophila
Delta, British Columbia, Canada
January 12, 2010
Size: 1 mm.
In a batch of old bird seeds, I found many of these running all over.
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Contributed by SusannahA on 14 January, 2010 - 3:32am
Last updated 11 January, 2014 - 7:14pm

Group D, probably L. bostrychophila --det. E.L. Mockford
Moved from Liposcelis.
… v belov, 11 January, 2014 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

they're booklice, and prosper in such situations
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 14 January, 2010 - 3:37am login or register to post comments

 
Booklice?
Does that mean they may eat my books?
… SusannahA, 14 January, 2010 - 4:20am login or register to post comments

 
potentially, yes :-/
not the paper, but they are known to feed on starch-based glue used in book-binding [maybe not these days, though] and cause it fall apart
… v belov, 14 January, 2010 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

 
Booklice
Thanks!
… SusannahA, 14 January, 2010 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

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