"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
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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
4 fleas or 4 cats?
To make sure the fleas never reawake to live in your house then I suggest
Indorex. The fleas and their larve can lie dormant in carperts etc for a
while.
It was the only answer when I fostered a flea infested moggie.
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Adam