Booklice/psocids
Liposcelis divinatorius (M¸ller)
Order: Psocoptera
Family: Liposcelidae
Size 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
