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Spotting

Description:

Dark brown spots on body, clearish on legs. Possibly with 8 legs.

Habitat:

Found on my sister's scalp

Notes:

Possibly a tick?

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2 Comments

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 9 years ago

Not a tick. Not sure exactly what it is, but judging by the shape and location where it was found, it could be a head louse.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah, JeccaNelson.
I hope you have much more spottings to share.
By the way, this is not a mammal so I am moving it's category to Arthropods.

JeccaNelson
Spotted by
JeccaNelson

California, USA

Spotted on Oct 27, 2012
Submitted on Oct 27, 2012

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