small Nit? - Cryptarcha strigatula

Moved

Moved from Cryptarcha.

… v belov, 15 January, 2010 - 8:49am

Moved

Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles.

… Tim Moyer, 29 November, 2006 - 11:28am

Funny,....

Funny, this looks nothing like the egg of a louse:-)

… Eric R. Eaton, 3 May, 2006 - 3:22pm

It's the shorthand of nitidologists

just like soshecurity is used inside the Washington beltway for Social Security. And yes, these do resemble nitidulids.

… Jim McClarin, 3 May, 2006 - 4:41pm

Thanks Jim

I'll try to eventually run these through a Nitidulidae key. In the mean time I'll try to be more precise on BugGuide. I'd hate to mislead Eric or anyone at the Order or Class level ;)

Tim

… Tim Moyer, 3 May, 2006 - 9:08pm

I call them nits on a regular basis.

So does nitidulid specialist Andrew Cline, who has IDed a bunch of them on bugguide. I'm unfamiliar with this species, but Andrew could probably ID it at a glance, assuming it's a nit.

… Jim McClarin, 3 May, 2006 - 9:17pm