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Human Lice Vs. Book Lice
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Traumabugged
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 15:19:47
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The pco my landlord hired called just now and identified the bug I collected as Human Lice while the professor in the Entomology Department identify it with Book Lice. So they are not going to treat me until I treated myself first. I swear I did not have any of these before I moved in but they told me they could not live without human for 24 hours.
I feel completely confused, especially mixed with bloodspots on my blankets and the crawling feelings and the bb like bites...
Or maybe I'm having all of them...
This picture is not that clear but anyone knows what it is?
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FH6ce9UWdL_lp7QyJSNfxg?feat=directlink
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spideyjg
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 15:35:33
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No link to a picture.
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Traumabugged
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 15:40:18
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Sorry, I am too confused...picture added. I found then the first morning around 4:00 AM on the walls of the bedroom, where I have not put my things in yet.
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spideyjg
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 15:48:06
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Looks like a psocid. AKA booklice. The shape is all wrong for a BB nymph. Clean the mildew and mold up to deprive them of their food.
http://www.asktheexterminator.com/Household_Pests/Psocids.shtml
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A human lice on the wall? It sounds strange...
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Traumabugged
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 16:05:40
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Yeah, that is what I told the land lord. But she insists that I treat myself first because her pco said it was human lice under microscope or she would not treat these bugs. Weird enough...
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Traumabugged
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 17:11:31
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More weird, the pco just told me there was "human hair with the bug"...well, I did tape some of the bugs on my hand to see if I am allergic to it but they have not told me whether the hair was inside the bug or just beside it...? So does that happen? Human hair within a human lice...?
And the manager is like " I cannot make phone or tell you the pest control's number to know what he means because we have paid enough for him to identify that." It is just a phone call to confirm what he says for the sake of goodness...
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Well... I downloaded the pic and manipulated it with photoshop... not enough details, but it has a big head, so in my opinion it's a book lice....
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Traumabugged
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 18:54:59
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Thank you, Effeci! Ever since I moved my allowance dropped almost to zero thus buying these medicine could really make my whole month miserable...
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