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Crabs representing a nickname for pubic lice or 'VD' with chinese lettering; a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A Spanish family picking lice or fleas from each other's heads. Coloured etching, 1812.

Pubic louse, ventral view, SEM, colour- blue

Pubic louse, ventral view, SEM.

Public louse, 1st claw of 2nd leg, SEM.

Pubic louse, suckers on tail piece, SEM.

Pubic louse, tip of tail, SEM

Pubic louse, SEM of head end.

Pubic louse, SEM

Pubic louse, tail end with suckers, SEM

Pubic louse, tail end, CU spikes, SEM.

A peasant family in a farm-house. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G. Zocchi.

Pubic louse, close-up of claws, SEM

An old woman picking lice from a boy's hair. Photogravure by Gravure Hanfstaengl after B.E. Murillo.

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Pubic louse, tail end with suckers, SEM

Pubic louse, tail end, CU spikes, SEM.

A peasant family in a farm-house. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G. Zocchi.

Pubic louse, close-up of claws, SEM

An old woman picking lice from a boy's hair. Photogravure by Gravure Hanfstaengl after B.E. Murillo.