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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Troctomorpha » Booklice (Liposcelididae) » Liposcelis
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They Came from the Black Thing - Liposcelis
Copyright © 2011 R. Berg

They Came from the Black Thing - Liposcelis
Alameda County, California, USA
December 3, 2011
Size: 1.0 mm bl
I kept the black thing. A few hours later, several of these were walking around in the jar. I added damp loquat-leaf fragments, but is that what they eat? They might be carnivorous.

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Contributed by R. Berg on 3 December, 2011 - 7:29pm

Creatures from the Black Lagoon
Looks like you might have more than 1 species. These guys are tough to ID but I'd like to learn.
… Diane Young, 3 December, 2011 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… R. Berg, 3 December, 2011 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Liposcelis sp.
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… v belov, 3 December, 2011 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

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