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Possible 2026 BugGuide gathering in Texas?

National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice)

Anoplura (Sucking Lice) · Mallophaga (Chewing Lice)

Anoplura (Sucking Lice)
Hog lice - Haematopinus suis Found this Bug in Our Bed - Pediculus humanus Found this Bug in Our Bed - Pediculus humanus Body Louse-Ventral side - Pediculus humanus Pediculus humanus - Pediculus humanus Chipmunk Louse - Hoplopleura erratica Male, Pediculus humanus capitis - Pediculus humanus - male Loose on Glaucomys sabrinus

Mallophaga (Chewing Lice)
Dog biting lice - Trichodectes canis Bird louse - Brueelia brunneinucha bird louse Feather louse on Harlan's Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis ssp. harlani) Pigeon Louse - Columbicola columbae Pigeon Louse - Campanulotes compar Chicken Shaft Louse - Menopon sp. Chicken Body Louse with Hyperparasitic Fungi - Menacanthus


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