Can someone help me identify if these are Lice or Bedbugs?
Can someone help me identify if these are Lice or Bedbugs?
For the past two days small red spots appeared on my body and they began itching. I hope someone can tell me if these are actually bed bugs (which would be a nightmare) or lice. Thanks in Advance for any help!
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- livingplanet3
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Re: Can someone help me identify if these are Lice or Bedbugs?
The insect in your photo is a crab louse (Pthirus pubis) -
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/pubic/index.html
Treatment -
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/pubic/treatment.html
Re: Can someone help me identify if these are Lice or Bedbugs?
Thanks that helps a lot!
Re: Can someone help me identify if these are Lice or Bedbugs?
A local in Belize told he he was on a fishing trip and discovered he had crab lice, he poured motor oil all over his privates. He said it worked.
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Re: Can someone help me identify if these are Lice or Bedbugs?
It was probably not the toxicity of the motor oil that was effective, but the fact that it simply suffocated the lice. You could probably get the same result with any number of non-toxic substances, such as olive oil or canola oil, which would also act as suffocants. I'm not sure if that would actually kill the eggs, though; might need something like a pyrethrin-based shampoo to kill louse eggs.
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