The background grid is 2mm so they are both quite small and they have wings much longer than their bodies. The head of the first suggests a 'hopper' of some variety but as yet I haven't found a match.
and the second has wings with a very distinct vein pattern which are more than twice the body length.
Hi Howard, the fist is another of those tricky Zygina sp. that you posted a month ago. Likely to be flammigera, but if you want to be certain, then send it down to me and i'll pass it on to Mike Wilson at the Museum.
ReplyDeleteI can't tell if the other insect is an aphid or a booklouse (Psocoptera) - tough groups with very few experts!
Having said that I'm going to take a punt on Valenzuela flavidus
ReplyDeletehttp://www.brc.ac.uk/schemes/barkfly/gallery.aspx
And Keith Alexander, who runs the Barkfly recording scheme agrees with Valenzuela flavidus.
DeleteThanks Dave.
ReplyDeleteI will just log the first as Zygina sp. For the second, I looked up Psocoptera and found the Barkfly website - and with the yellow abdomen and the vein pattern I came to the same conclusion.