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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice) » Anoplura (Sucking Lice) » Pubic lice (Pthiridae) » Pthirus » Crab Louse (Pthirus pubis)
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ID request - small insect? - Pthirus pubis
Copyright © 2018 jhiltner

ID request - small insect? - Pthirus pubis
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
September 21, 2018
Size: 2mm
found on my person, very very small, seemingly clear/transparent, both pictures taken through 30x jeweler's loupe, second picture includes .5mm ballpoint pen for scale.

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Contributed by jhiltner on 21 September, 2018 - 7:40pm
Last updated 5 November, 2020 - 11:24am

Moved
Moved from Anoplura (Sucking Lice).
… Tyler Hedlund, 5 November, 2020 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

Don't take this the wrong way...
...but I'm pretty sure from it's anteroposteriorly compressed shape and the fact that it was clinging to you that this is a crab louse (Pthirus pubis).
… Jonas Insinga, 5 November, 2020 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 14 May, 2019 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

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