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

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote

Odd bug. Found on my leg for the second time in a few days.

Just the sort of thing you chavs are infested with.

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

Lousy photo, much too small.

On Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32:47 UTC+1, 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

Bed bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

There are now sniffer dogs for these as they tend not to have their main
colony in beds, but eleswhere in a room close by. This is one reason why
they have become so successful, as people treat the bed and clean it, but
they are all in a corner somewhere laughing at you.
Brian

--
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"harry" wrote in message
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On Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32:47 UTC+1, 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

Bed bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

"harry" wrote in message
...
On Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32:47 UTC+1, 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

Bed bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

Nothing like his.

"Brian-Gaff" wrote in message
...
There are now sniffer dogs for these as they tend not to have their main
colony in beds, but eleswhere in a room close by. This is one reason why
they have become so successful, as people treat the bed and clean it, but
they are all in a corner somewhere laughing at you.

The one in his photo isn't laughing.

"harry" wrote in message
...
On Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32:47 UTC+1, 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

Bed bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
...


"Brian-Gaff" wrote in message
...
There are now sniffer dogs for these as they tend not to have their main
colony in beds, but eleswhere in a room close by. This is one reason why
they have become so successful, as people treat the bed and clean it, but
they are all in a corner somewhere laughing at you.

The one in his photo isn't laughing.

It isn't even smirking.

"harry" wrote in message
...
On Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32:47 UTC+1, 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

Bed bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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

This is what happens when you live in a hovel with no hot running water.
I bet you stink.

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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

It's prolly a dung beetle, looking for someone full of it.
Wodney is sure to know.

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.

--
A "Frisbeterian" believes that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and you can't get it back down.

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

Thanks, will do.

--
Old Lady - "What is that funny looking thing over there?"
Zoo Keeper - "That's a kangaroo, madam. a native of Australia,"
Old Lady - "Oh, my god! My sister married one of them!"

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...

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

And what have they done to deserve that?

"Richard" wrote in message
...
"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...

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

And what have they done to deserve that?

Indeed.
He will then troll that group with his bull****.

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

--
Old Lady - "What is that funny looking thing over there?"
Zoo Keeper - "That's a kangaroo, madam. a native of Australia,"
Old Lady - "Oh, my god! My sister married one of them!"

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.

--
"Inflation is creeping up," a young man said to his friend,
"Yesterday I ordered a $25.00 steak in a restaurant and told them
to put it on my American Express card -- and it fit."

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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

Have you ever taken your cats to a Vet?
Do you still punish your cats using your little fists?
Do you still like to hurt them?

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.

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!

--
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:46:27 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

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:


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!

Frontline. One drop between the shoulder blades.
http://tinyurl.com/q9ykzat

Thanks. Not that I'd ever buy from Amazon, but I'm sure it's available from a respectable outlet.

--
I have the world's oldest typewriter - it prints in pencil

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.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:46:27 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

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:


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!

Frontline. One drop between the shoulder blades.
http://tinyurl.com/q9ykzat

I don't know whether the fleas round here became immune to that but the
vet now recommends Advocate. Works well.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:53:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

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.

Don't they feed all over the animal? Like mosquitoes bite your whole body, not just your neck?

--
Can you grow birds by planting birdseed?

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:54:17 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:46:27 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

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:


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!

Frontline. One drop between the shoulder blades.
http://tinyurl.com/q9ykzat

I don't know whether the fleas round here became immune to that but the
vet now recommends Advocate. Works well.

I've got something from Johnsons that always seems to work. I've never actually seen a flea before though.

--
REALITY.EXE corrupt. Reboot universe (Y/N)?

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:53:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

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.

Don't they feed all over the animal? Like mosquitoes bite your whole
body, not just your neck?

Wodney will be here shortly to argue the toss.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:56:25 +0100, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:53:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

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.

Don't they feed all over the animal? Like mosquitoes bite your whole
body, not just your neck?

It gets into the animal's bloodstream.

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:33:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:56:25 +0100, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:53:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

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.

Don't they feed all over the animal? Like mosquitoes bite your whole
body, not just your neck?

It gets into the animal's bloodstream.

I wonder if they make such a thing to get into our blood stream to kil mosquitoes? Mind you that would be too late.

--
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S&M&M

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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

Flea larva anyway. Adult fleas look nothing like that and jump, most insects
don't.

How big was it ? Maybe the reason for the lousy photo was because it was so
small.

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:33:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:56:25 +0100, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:53:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

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.

Don't they feed all over the animal? Like mosquitoes bite your whole
body, not just your neck?

It gets into the animal's bloodstream.

I wonder if they make such a thing to get into our blood stream to kil
mosquitoes?

Nope, its only done with pets.

Mind you that would be too late.

Yeah, big difference with fleas that ride around on the pet.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:58:49 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:52:10 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:46:27 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

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:


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!

Frontline. One drop between the shoulder blades.
http://tinyurl.com/q9ykzat

Thanks. Not that I'd ever buy from Amazon, but I'm sure it's available
from a respectable outlet.

That link was just for information. Any decent pet shop or pet supplies
will have it.

You'll need to treat all the cats as they will have picked up fleas from
the new one.

Most cats will go berserk if you try and spray them with an aerosol
spray.

Yes. We have one cat who hides in an inaccessible corner of the bedroom.
Since she also like to get under the bottom edge of the bedding at 3 a.m.
and nibble toes, she has to be got out before we go to bed.

I keep a can of compressed air in the bedroom. Half a second squirt and
she's gone.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:58:49 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:52:10 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:46:27 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

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:


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!

Frontline. One drop between the shoulder blades.
http://tinyurl.com/q9ykzat

Thanks. Not that I'd ever buy from Amazon, but I'm sure it's available from a respectable outlet.

That link was just for information. Any decent pet shop or pet
supplies will have it.

You'll need to treat all the cats as they will have picked up fleas
from the new one.

Most cats will go berserk if you try and spray them with an aerosol
spray.

It's ok, I can run faster than the cat.

--
Interesting fact number 184:
In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:16:32 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:58:49 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:52:10 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:46:27 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

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:


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!

Frontline. One drop between the shoulder blades.
http://tinyurl.com/q9ykzat

Thanks. Not that I'd ever buy from Amazon, but I'm sure it's available
from a respectable outlet.

That link was just for information. Any decent pet shop or pet supplies
will have it.

You'll need to treat all the cats as they will have picked up fleas from
the new one.

Most cats will go berserk if you try and spray them with an aerosol
spray.

Yes. We have one cat who hides in an inaccessible corner of the bedroom.
Since she also like to get under the bottom edge of the bedding at 3 a.m.
and nibble toes, she has to be got out before we go to bed.

I keep a can of compressed air in the bedroom. Half a second squirt and
she's gone.

Using several letter Fs seems to make my cats move.

--
Interesting fact number 184:
In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:37:02 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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

Flea larva anyway.

No, it looked adult. It was not a squirmy little caterpillar-like thing.

Adult fleas look nothing like that and jump, most insects don't.

It did jump.

They look exactly like that, this is a cat flea: http://entomology.osu.edu/bugdoc/She...s/Orders33.htm

How big was it ? Maybe the reason for the lousy photo was because it was so
small.

The size of a Scottish midge. The photo is about x20.

--
What do you call a cheap circumcision?
A rip off.

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:37:02 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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

Flea larva anyway.

No, it looked adult.

Your pic is of nothing like a real adult flea.

Much too long and thin for a real flea.

It was not a squirmy little caterpillar-like thing.

Adult fleas look nothing like that and jump, most insects don't.

It did jump.

They look exactly like that, this is a cat flea:
http://entomology.osu.edu/bugdoc/She...s/Orders33.htm

Your pic looks like the one in the top right. That's a flea lava, not an
adult flea.

You pic looks nothing like the other two pics of adult fleas.

How big was it ? Maybe the reason for the lousy photo was because it was
so
small.

The size of a Scottish midge.

That doesn't help any if you don't know how big those are.

The photo is about x20.

Cat fleas aren't even as big as a match head.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 20:16:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:37:02 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news 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

Flea larva anyway.

No, it looked adult.

Your pic is of nothing like a real adult flea.

Much too long and thin for a real flea.

It was not a squirmy little caterpillar-like thing.

Adult fleas look nothing like that and jump, most insects don't.

It did jump.

They look exactly like that, this is a cat flea:
http://entomology.osu.edu/bugdoc/She...s/Orders33.htm

Your pic looks like the one in the top right. That's a flea lava, not an
adult flea.

You pic looks nothing like the other two pics of adult fleas.

It looks like the bottom one. Your eyesight is ****ed.

How big was it ? Maybe the reason for the lousy photo was because it was
so
small.

The size of a Scottish midge.

That doesn't help any if you don't know how big those are.

Then see the scale below.

The photo is about x20.

Cat fleas aren't even as big as a match head.

Neither was this.

--
I just found out one of my friends has died.
He overdosed on indigestion liquid.
I can't believe Gav is gone!

On 21/08/2015 08:27, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32:47 UTC+1, 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

Bed bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

"when warm and active, their movements are more ant-like" doesn't seem
to match. The photo is rubbish though...

Andy

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 20:16:35 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:37:02 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news 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

Flea larva anyway.

No, it looked adult.

Your pic is of nothing like a real adult flea.

Much too long and thin for a real flea.

It was not a squirmy little caterpillar-like thing.

Adult fleas look nothing like that and jump, most insects don't.

It did jump.

They look exactly like that, this is a cat flea:
http://entomology.osu.edu/bugdoc/She...s/Orders33.htm

Your pic looks like the one in the top right. That's a flea lava, not an
adult flea.

You pic looks nothing like the other two pics of adult fleas.

It looks like the bottom one.

Your original looks nothing like the bottom one.

How big was it ? Maybe the reason for the lousy photo was because it
was
so
small.

The size of a Scottish midge.

That doesn't help any if you don't know how big those are.

Then see the scale below.

The photo is about x20.

Cat fleas aren't even as big as a match head.

Neither was this.

But nothing like the shape of your original pic.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 20:34:49 +0100, Vir Campestris wrote:

On 21/08/2015 08:27, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32:47 UTC+1, 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

Bed bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

"when warm and active, their movements are more ant-like" doesn't seem
to match. The photo is rubbish though...

The photo is very clear, get a new monitor or a pair of specs.

--
Can you grow birds by planting birdseed?

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 20:38:44 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 20:16:35 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:37:02 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news 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

Flea larva anyway.

No, it looked adult.

Your pic is of nothing like a real adult flea.

Much too long and thin for a real flea.

It was not a squirmy little caterpillar-like thing.

Adult fleas look nothing like that and jump, most insects don't.

It did jump.

They look exactly like that, this is a cat flea:
http://entomology.osu.edu/bugdoc/She...s/Orders33.htm

Your pic looks like the one in the top right. That's a flea lava, not an
adult flea.

You pic looks nothing like the other two pics of adult fleas.

It looks like the bottom one.

Your original looks nothing like the bottom one.

Apart from facing a different way, it is identical.

--
A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking.

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 20:34:49 +0100, Vir Campestris
wrote:

On 21/08/2015 08:27, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 20 August 2015 22:32:47 UTC+1, 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

Bed bug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

"when warm and active, their movements are more ant-like" doesn't seem
to match. The photo is rubbish though...

The photo is very clear, get a new monitor or a pair of specs.

If you had hot running water in your ******** of a "home" you would not be
infested by parasites.
It is accepted that when you go to the toilet, you wash your hands in hot
water.
You do not have running hot water in your hovel.
How many other people have you infected?
Dirty *******.

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
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"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
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"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:37:02 +0100, Rod Speed

wrote:



"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news 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

Flea larva anyway.

No, it looked adult.

Your pic is of nothing like a real adult flea.

Much too long and thin for a real flea.

It was not a squirmy little caterpillar-like thing.

Adult fleas look nothing like that and jump, most insects don't.

It did jump.

They look exactly like that, this is a cat flea:
http://entomology.osu.edu/bugdoc/She...s/Orders33.htm

Your pic looks like the one in the top right. That's a flea lava, not
an
adult flea.

You pic looks nothing like the other two pics of adult fleas.

It looks like the bottom one.

Your original looks nothing like the bottom one.

Apart from facing a different way, it is identical.

Dirty *******.
No wonder you can't get a woman.
You must stink.