It looks a bit like a springtail. A more focused image would help for a final ID.
Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. (Retired) | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology | American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street | New York, New York 10024-5192 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 212-769-5613 voice | 212-769-5277 fax 917-953-0094 pager, text, voicemail https://www.messagemanager.americanmessaging.net/SendMessageFree.aspx The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Joanna Baker <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 11:12 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PestList] Help with pest identification EXTERNAL SENDER Sorry about that. Good tip on the lens. Thank you. It was about 2 mil long. Best, Joanna Baker Registrar and Collection Manager The Kreeger Museum 2401 Foxhall Road, NW Washington, DC 20007 202-337-3050 x 318 On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:08 AM Tocci, Genevieve Elizabeth <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello Joanna, Others might have an idea, but the photos are a bit hard to make out. Can you give us a size as to how big this pest is? Do you have a hand lens/loupe you can hold up to your phone lens then take a photo? It can really help. Best, Genevieve ================================================= Genevieve E. Tocci (she, her, hers) Senior Curatorial Technician Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. 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