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.
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Aug 20, 2015
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Bed bug.
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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
This is what happens when you live in a hovel with no hot running water. I bet you stink.
Difficult to be anything but approximate with that image. Try Tachyporus hypnorum
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, or Philonthus marginatus
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(both are rove beetles
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related to Devil's Coach Horse
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), or possibly Coranus subapterus,
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, a blood sucker.
Best I can offer.
None of those look plain enough.
Ask on uk.rec.natural-history
Thanks, will do.
And what have they done to deserve that?
Indeed. He will then troll that group with his bullshit.
Flea off a cat? (I have 4)
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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.
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?
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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.
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Thanks. Not that I'd ever buy from Amazon, but I'm sure it's available from a respectable outlet.
I said 'most'. The common treatment is the drops on the back of the neck. Kills feeding fleas.
I don't know whether the fleas round here became immune to that but the vet now recommends Advocate. Works well.
Don't they feed all over the animal? Like mosquitoes bite your whole body, not just your neck?
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