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KWIK-KEY

(for immature or wingless adult insects)

Answer for Your Specimen:

Is the body spindle-shaped?

1. Yes, body is tapered toward front and rear; head is conical in shape

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Order: Thysanoptera

2. No.  Head is as broad as (or broader than) the prothorax

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Order: Psocodea (in part)

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