Body Louse

Clothing and bedding of humans, where they live and lay eggs (nits)

Obligate ectoparasites that feed exclusively on human blood several times a day

They spend most of their time in the seams of clothing, only moving onto the skin to feed; they cannot jump or fly and spread via direct physical contact or shared clothing

Significant public health risk as they can transmit diseases such as epidemic typhus, trench fever, and louse-borne relapsing fever; their bites cause intense itching and skin rashes