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Louse Collection

Background imageLouse Collection: Mother Louse Alewife

Mother Louse Alewife
Mother Louse, alewife, proprietor of Louse Hall, near Oxford : she is said to have been the last woman in England to wear a ruff

Background imageLouse Collection: West Indian treefern, Japanese sago palm and whale louse

West Indian treefern, Japanese sago palm and whale louse
Whale louse, Cyamus ovalis 1, West Indian treefern, Cyathea arborea 2, and Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta 3-5. Cyame, Cyathee, Cycas

Background imageLouse Collection: Human flea and louse

Human flea and louse
Human flea, Pulex irritans 1, and human louse, Pediculus humanus 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795

Background imageLouse Collection: WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?

WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?
Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

Background imageLouse Collection: Pthirus pubis, crab louse

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

Background imageLouse Collection: X-Ray - Microscopic x-ray view of a small head louse

X-Ray - Microscopic x-ray view of a small head louse. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

Background imageLouse Collection: Plan of frog pool

Plan of frog pool - Black and white lantern slide. Very faint plane of Louse.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection Date: circa 1900

Background imageLouse Collection: Waiting to have his shirt examined

Waiting to have his shirt examined. In the hands of the Louse Patrol. Somewhere in France. On verso - Dearest Ciss, Enclosed you will find 14 PCs which I hope you will like also the programme of

Background imageLouse Collection: On the trail with the Louse Patrol Somewhere in France

On the trail with the Louse Patrol Somewhere in France
On the trail with the Louse Patrol. Somewhere in France. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageLouse Collection: What !!! Your shirts walking With the Louse Patrol

What !!! Your shirts walking With the Louse Patrol
What !!! Your shirts walking. With the Louse Patrol. Somewhere in France. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imageLouse Collection: Barklouse in amber

Barklouse in amber
A Barklouse, Pscoptera preserved in Dominican amber. Specimen dates from the Lower Miocene

Background imageLouse Collection: Pediculus humanus, human head louse

Pediculus humanus, human head louse
Scanning electron microscope image of a human head louse (x 60). These external parasites use their hook-like claws to grip the hair

Background imageLouse Collection: Microthoracius cameli, camel sucking louse

Microthoracius cameli, camel sucking louse
A female specimen of a camel sucking louse (Microthoracius cameli) approximately 4mm in length

Background imageLouse Collection: Porcellio sp. woodlouse

Porcellio sp. woodlouse

Background imageLouse Collection: Copepod parasite

Copepod parasite
Specimen jar containing copepod parasites, which live on the body surface of salmon and in large numbers can cause damage to the fish. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageLouse Collection: Glyptonotus antarcticus

Glyptonotus antarcticus

Background imageLouse Collection: Sipha glyceriae, aphids

Sipha glyceriae, aphids
Aphid or plant lice are small, plant-sucking insects. Aphids tend to form in clusters and prefer young shoots and succulent leaves

Background imageLouse Collection: De-lousing illustration

De-lousing illustration
A Hortus watercolour published in 1491 which illustrates de-lousing in Hortus Sanitatis from Mediaeval Natural History

Background imageLouse Collection: Pthirus gorillae, gorilla louse

Pthirus gorillae, gorilla louse
Photomicrograph of a gorilla louse specimen, length 2.5 mm from Rwanda / Zaire. The gorilla louse is from the same genus as the human louse

Background imageLouse Collection: Filossera della vite

Filossera della vite
Tav. 3a. Illustrations of various mites and lice from Conoscenza delle Fillosserine 1912 by B. Grassi

Background imageLouse Collection: Insect / Wood Louse

Insect / Wood Louse
A Wood Louse. Date: 1960s

Background imageLouse Collection: Louse Thru Hooke M / Scope

Louse Thru Hooke M / Scope
A flea and louse observed with Hookes microscope

Background imageLouse Collection: Insects / Lice

Insects / Lice
various kinds of louse


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