Pubic louse

Human pubic hair and occasionally other coarse body hair such as eyelashes, beard, or chest hair.

Exclusively human blood, feeding multiple times daily.

Spends its entire life cycle on a human host, clinging tightly to coarse hairs and laying eggs called nits at the base of the hair shaft.

Causes severe itching, skin irritation, and secondary infections from scratching. Transmitted primarily through close physical or sexual contact.