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On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:59:02 +0100, ARW wrote:

"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"
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On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:49:45 +0100, Chris Hogg
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On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:32:43 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"

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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



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.


Two pronged approach. When fleas do appear, out comes the Indorex. Not
had to use it for a couple of years, though - the Advocate works better
than the previous stuff (Frontline).


You are replying to a complete dick.
He will stretch this thread out as far as he can and argue about any advise
he has been offered.