Body weight of young fourth instar larvae ranged from 22. The booklouse, also known as a paperlouse, is a softbodied, wingless insect. People are a little funny about things that have more than four legs. Instead of larvae stages, a booklouse will go through multiple nymph stages, reaching its adult form in two months, under the right conditions.
The larvae appears to have an squared head and refractile bodies appear to be present. View lab report insect lab report from pss 1411 at texas tech university. You do not have access to any existing collections. The larvae closely resemble the adults but lack wings and are unable to. How to prevent and get rid of booklice pest defence ltd.
The damage to books that is commonly attributed to bookworms is, in truth, not caused by any species of worm. Booklouse eggs take 2 to 4 weeks to hatch and can reach adulthood approximately 2 months later. Insect lab report insect lab report pss 1411514 travis. Welcome to mother nature network, where curiosity rules and living well is the goal. Pest control for psocids aka book lice or barklice.
For identification purposes, the head and abdomen of a booklouse. How to get rid of booklice complete guide pest strategies. Head lice those tiny, wingless parasitic insects that live on the human scalp and glue their eggs to our hair are practically inescapable. Insect lab report pss 1411514 travis culpepper aphids, also known as plant lice, are soft bodied, pear shaped, insects. And the most annoying ones seem to get the cold shoulder. Roundworm belongs to the kingdom animalia and to the phylum nematoda. Booklice are technically not real lice and wont get into your hair. My inlaws had a bed bug issue and slept at our house before they knew. It has round, unsegmented, smooth and thin body which can grow to the maximum of four feet in length.
New data on the development of larvae and nymphs of. The lanceolated tail shown in the third figure maybe it is an artifact. Often, the larvae of various types of insects including beetles, moths and. Contrary to their name, booklice dont actually eat books. New data on the development of larvae and nymphs of ixodes ricinus l. Bed bug nymphs or book lice asked february, 2017, 10. Some insects, such as the mayflies, feed only in the immature or larval stage and. Can anybody help me with the identification of this. They can be endlessly intriguing, and they can be extremely annoying. Booklice are tiny creatures although they are not actually lice at all, and. Bookworm is a general name for any insect that is said to bore through books.