Crab louse
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The crab louse or pubic louse is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually is found in the person's pubic hair. Although the louse cann
Crab louse Female, from a human host
Crab lice on eyelashes
Crab louse egg on human body hair
Louse
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Louse is the common name for any member of the infraorder Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera was previously recognized as an order, until a 2
Crab louse
…Crab louse Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Psocodea Infraorder: Phthiraptera Family: Pthiridae Genus: Pthirus Species: P. pubis Binomial name Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Pediculus pubis Linnaeus, 1758 Phthirus pubis…
Fahrenholzia pinnata
Bovicola limbata, an ischnoceran louse from goats. The species is sexually dimorphic, with the male smaller than the female.
Drawing of a louse clinging to a human hair. Robert Hooke, Micrographia, 1667
Detail showing delousing from Jan Siberechts' painting Cour de ferme ("Farmyard"), 1662