 Booklice/psocids |
Booklice/psocidsLiposcelis divinatorius (Müller)
Order :
Psocoptera
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BackSize range:
- Tiny, body length up to 1.5 mm
Distribution:
- Cosmopolitan
- Found in houses
Life History:
- Prefer high humidity
- Damage paper
- Eat mildew, paper fibres, dried vegetable matter
- At night, sometimes make a clearly audible "ticking" noise by tapping the abdomen on the surface of paper
- Other species with wings found outside on trees and shrubs
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| Another species of psocid |
What is this bug? A guide to common invertebrates of New Zealand.
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/
English version: Clunie, L. 2004 and updates. Māori version: Clunie, L. and Jacob, H. 2008.
