On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:14:15 +0100, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 19:36:22 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:00:35 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:49:45 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:32:43 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

Odd bug. Found on my leg for the second time in a few days.
Thought it was a midge, but trying to squash it resulted in it jumping very fast, like a sandfly.
Google image search doesn't help.
http://petersphotos.com/temp/Bug.jpg

Difficult to be anything but approximate with that image. Try
Tachyporus hypnorum http://tinyurl.com/pkydbsf , or Philonthus
marginatus http://tinyurl.com/nqtzhu2 (both are rove beetles
http://tinyurl.com/o2wdjg7, related to Devil's Coach Horse
http://tinyurl.com/obh84d4 ), or possibly Coranus subapterus,
http://tinyurl.com/nuzcxbj , a blood sucker.

Best I can offer.

None of those look plain enough.

Ask on uk.rec.natural-history

Flea off a cat? (I have 4)
http://entomology.osu.edu/bugdoc/She...s/Orders33.htm

The latest cat I got a fortnight ago is losing a lot of hair. Apparently this is from excessive grooming that they do when they have fleas. I'll spray him.

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