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yellow barklouse

Valenzuela flavidus

The yellow barklouse is a tiny insect that loves to live on trees. It has a bright yellow color that helps it blend in with the bark, making it hard to spot!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The yellow barklouse is a tiny insect, often bright yellow or yellowish-brown. It has a soft, oval body with long, slender antennae and clear, membranous wings usually held roof-like over its back.

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yellow barklouse
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yellow barklouse

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Cloak

yellow barklouse has a yellow body that helps them blend in perfectly with lichens and bark, hiding from hungry predators.

Fähigkeit

Thread Weaver

yellow barklouse can produce silken threads from their mouthparts, which they use to build protective webs on bark.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
3-6 mm
Größe
1.5-3 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
0.5 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
200

Ernährung und Fütterung

They mostly munch on tiny bits of algae, fungi, and lichens found on tree bark and leaves.

Hauptnahrung

  • lichens
  • algae
  • fungi
  • tree sap

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

Tiny birds love to snack on barklice.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Spiders often catch them on bark and leaves.

depends on

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

They find shelter and food on oak tree bark.

depends on

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Many barklice species prefer maple trees for feeding.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These insects are harmless, but it's best to look and not touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von yellow barklouse?

3-6 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von yellow barklouse?

1.5-3 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von yellow barklouse?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von yellow barklouse?

0.5 km/h

Was frisst yellow barklouse?

They mostly munch on tiny bits of algae, fungi, and lichens found on tree bark and leaves.

Wo findet man yellow barklouse normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt yellow barklouse?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von yellow barklouse?

6

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