Infestation Collection

Emigration - Infested by Mosquitoes. 19th century

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Tunga penetrans, chigoe flea
This species of flea is commonly known as a jigger, chigoe or sand-flea

Wohlfahrtia magnifica, screwworm fly wound
Chicken with screwworm (Wohlfahrtia sp.) infestation found near Rio Quizer, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall

Pthirus pubis, crab louse
A crab louse with a body length 3.5 mm, this species of louse is known to sometimes infest the human body

French soldier returns home from the front bearing fleas
French soldier returns home from the front bearing some unwelcome guests in the form of fleas, which subsequently cause havoc amongst the household following his departure

Hunting for fleas Date: 1843

Trichinella spiralis, parasitic roundworm
This parasitic, nematode roundworm (Trichinella spiralis) infects a wide variety of mammals, including man

Treatment of ear myiasis in an infected sheep in Sarbogard, Hungary. Photographed by Martin Hall

Myiasis species
A collection of adult Myiasis causing fly specimens. Myaisis is the infestation of organs or tissues of the hosting animals. Photographed by Martin Hall

Myiasis causing flies
3rd instar larvae. Photographed by Martin Hall

Summer amusement--Bugg hunting. Old couple catching bedbugs. Date 1782 Augt. 20

Humorous Card - Fleas & the Bedpan
Silly (yet rather funny) carton postcard, bearing the following caption: SOCIETY GOSSIP - this week the Duchess of Billingsgate in hunting

The Householders Foes
Is life worth living? or The haunted householder A householders foes. Date: 1885

Death Watch Beetle
The caretaker of St. Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales, holding a section of the cathedrals woodwork, badly eaten away by the Death Watch Beetle. Date: 1930s

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