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From garbanzo pod - Ectopsocus briggsi

Alameda County, California, USA
October 28, 2010
Size: 2.5 mm bl

Found in a dry garbanzo-bean pod, which also contained much frass and a stunted-looking seed. The frass lumps looked too big to have come from this bug. Does it eat seeds?

Contributed by R. Berg on 28 October, 2010 - 10:02pm
Last updated 1 November, 2010 - 11:00am

Ectopsocus briggsi -- det. E.L. Mockford

Moved from Ectopsocus.

… v belov, 1 November, 2010 - 11:00am

Habitat for this specimen

Thank you.

On the guide page: "Occurs indoors associated with stored food, herbs, and fruits. Reported from houses along the Pacific Coast of the US."

Pacific Coast: yes. Indoors: no. Found while shelling freshly picked dry beans from garden before taking them indoors.

… R. Berg, 1 November, 2010 - 11:52am

Moved

Moved from Ectopsocus.

… R. Berg, 28 October, 2010 - 10:26pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… R. Berg, 28 October, 2010 - 10:26pm

Ectopsocus

i doubt they would eat seeds, unless the latter are moldy or in an advanced stage of decomposition

… v belov, 28 October, 2010 - 10:20pm

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