Unidentified barkfly with broad, white collar

[Bruce Williams]

Stockgrove Country Park, Beds. On old wooden fence separating coniferous wood from meadows.

Help with identification appreciated as always:



Bruce

[Acutipuerilis]

Just a slightly odd Graphopsocus cruciatus, Bruce - these have confused me no end in the past!

[Bruce Williams]

Thanks for the id Joe. So what is slightly odd about it? I do have some other pics of the same individual.

Bruce

[Dogghound]

The colouration and pattern are not quite normal for this species. Its not quite as well defined as you would expect, its face and legs are darker than normal and the pattern is reduced in places, not typical of a usual wing pattern.

[Acutipuerilis]

Er... yes, precisely!