Insect Order Anoplura - sucking lice
Sucking lice are irritating little pests
that feed on the blood of their host. They attack humans and animals
and their bites are often very irritating. Each species usually attacks
one or a few related species of hosts, and generally lives on a particular
part of the host's body. Eggs are usually attached to hair of the
host; egg of the body louse are laid on clothing. Sucking lice spend
their life on their host and do not survive long away from it.
They are small, usually less than 4mm
in length, flattened and wingless. Of course their mouth parts are
made for sucking and they withdraw into the head when not in use.
The antennae are short, threadlike or tapering distally, 3 to 5 segmented.
The head is small and nearly always narrower than the thorax.