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Sucking lice

( Latin: Anoplura ) The members of this small insect group show many adaptations for their specialised parasitic life. They are wingless, have much reduced eyes and their mouth parts are made for biting and sucking. The skin of a louse is leathery and greyish, and the abdomen becomes much distended when full of blood. Each […]

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