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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Psocetae » Common Barklice (Psocidae) » Psocinae » Cerastipsocus » Tree Cattle (Cerastipsocus venosus)
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Common Barklouse Herd I - Cerastipsocus venosus
Copyright © 2012 Robert Lord Zimlich

Common Barklouse Herd I - Cerastipsocus venosus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 31, 2012
This herd of Cerastipsocus nymphs remind me of a litter of Border Collie puppies ... constantly herding themselves. In a matter of 6 hours, these 300+ psocids had collectively traveled about 7 feet up this Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila). They had gone so high, I could not find them this morning. Wherever they are, rest assured they are together. This is Crazy Bob reporting live from the Zimlich Zone.

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 1 April, 2012 - 12:20pm
Last updated 12 April, 2012 - 2:45pm

How do you count those puppies?
Or are they serially numbered?
… Ron Hemberger, 3 April, 2012 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Funny you should ask
Being the geek I am, I created a blank layer in PhotoShop & tagged each w/colored dots , changing color ever 100. I had 3 colors + 8=308. In the immotal werds of Paul Harvey ...
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 3 April, 2012 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
im on my backup comp while mine is in theshop..
and idont have your mailso snuck back to an old post and will ask u a question.. do you happen to know is the uv light in a bug zapper the same as in a grow light? just one of those curiousitys that strike when you're sitting round watching it snow..can u email me?
… Edna Woodward, 9 December, 2012 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

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