On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:32:06 +0100, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:29:59 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:19:31 +0100, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

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...2InsectOrders/
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.

Most flea sprays are not intended for direct application to the animal.

News to me. The one I've got is. "Spray from the rear of the animal
avoiding the eyes".
I don't see how a flea spray could be effective if you don't put it on
the animal, after all that's where most of the fleas will be!

I said 'most'. The common treatment is the drops on the back of the neck.
Kills feeding fleas.