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[[Lice]]
[[Lice]]
''Heterodoxus spiniger''
===Scientific Classification===
{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| Class
| Insecta
|-
| Order
| Phthiraptera
|-
| Suborder
| Amblycera
|-
| Family
| Boopidae
|}
===Identification===
The adults are relatively large at around 5mm in length. They are yellow and the tarsi end in two claws, enabling them to be distinguished from other lice.
===Life Cycle===
The female produces eggs, which can be found throughout the body of an infected host. Three further nymphal stages are required to produce a mature adult.
==Linognathus setosus==
===Scientific Classification===
{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| Class
| Insecta
|-
| Order
| Phthiraptera
|-
| Suborder
| Amblycera
|-
| Family
| Linognathidae
|}
===Identification===
The adults can reach up to 2mm in length, and the first pair of legs are smaller than both the second and third.
===Life Cycle===
The eggs hatch in around 2 weeks, forming nymphs. The nymphs then undergo three further stages before becoming reproductive adults. This process takes around 2 weeks.
==Trichodectes canis==
===Scientific Classification===
{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| Class
| Insecta
|-
| Order
| Phthiraptera
|-
| Suborder
| Ischnocera
|-
| Family
| Trichodectodae
|}
===Identification===
The adults are small, yellow lice, measuring around 1.5mm in length. They have short legs, each with a single claw on the end.
===Life Cycle===
The female is capbale of laying several eggs per day, and usually lives for around a month. The eggs then take around 7-14 days to hatch, and then undergo three subsequent transformations to become a reproducitve adult.
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