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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Phthiraptera (Parasitic Lice) » Anoplura (Sucking Lice) » Pediculidae » Pediculus » Human Louse (Pediculus humanus) » Body Louse (Pediculus humanus humanus)
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Pediculus humanus humanus - Pediculus humanus
Copyright © 2009 Kenneth D. Frank

Pediculus humanus humanus - Pediculus humanus
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 13, 2009
These lice were taken from a homeless man in my medical practice. I put the lice on myself for the photograph. The adult louse began feeding within a couple of minutes.
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Contributed by Kenneth D. Frank on 15 November, 2009 - 8:03am

Wow!
I've spent lots of time and effort for BugGuide, but I don't think I would ever do something like that! I hope you don't end up with some lice-borne illness for your effort.

It is good to have an image of this species in its "natural habitat", though (to have any image, in fact).
… Chuck Entz, 15 November, 2009 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

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