The pig louse Haematopinus suis, photomicrograph blue background
The pig louse Haematopinus suis is a large, yellowish-brown louse (5 mm) which moves about amongst hairs on the pig's skin and may be seen most readily on white pigs. It occurs only on the pig and is most common on the folds of skin of the neck or around the base of the ears, inside the ears, on the insides of the legs and on the flanks. Eggs are laid on the bristle and appear as a yellow crust in heavily infected areas and are particularly obvious in black pigs. The eggs hatch into nymphs in 12-20 days.
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