Competition 2025 – Photography – 18 and over – Rupert Lees – (3) genus Mesopsocus, possibly Mesopsocus duboscqui or vernus (not recorded in UK).

By Rupert Lees

This is a 60 frame handheld focus stack of a tiny barklouse in the genus Mesopsocus, only around 2.5mm in length.
Competition: 2025 - Photography - 18 and over
Insect order: Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
Species: genus Mesopsocus, possibly Mesopsocus duboscqui or vernus (not recorded in UK).
Picture taken in: United Kingdom

Third image