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Happy Birthday Robert Hooke (28 July 1635 – 3 March 1703)
Robert Hooke’s drawing of a flea in his Micrographia published in 1665.
Posted on July 31, 2012 via Genesee Libby with 64 notes
Source: geneseelibby
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![biomedicalephemera:
Exoparasitic arthropoda:
1. Pediculus capitis - Head louse
2. Pediculus pubis - Pubic louse
3. Haematopinus suis - Pig louse
4. Gonoides stylifer - Poultry louse
5. Pulex irritans - “Human Flea” [misnomer - very wide range of hosts]
6. Pulex penetrans - Chigoe Flea/Jigger Flea (also known as a “jigger” - not to be confused with “chiggers”, which are small red mites)
Le Regne Animal Distribue d’Apres son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l’Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Georges Cuvier, 1838.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqyfry8wEp1qk931ho1_500.jpg)
Exoparasitic arthropoda:
1. Pediculus capitis - Head louse
2. Pediculus pubis - Pubic louse
3. Haematopinus suis - Pig louse
4. Gonoides stylifer - Poultry louse
5. Pulex irritans - “Human Flea” [misnomer - very wide range of hosts]
6. Pulex penetrans - Chigoe Flea/Jigger Flea (also known as a “jigger” - not to be confused with “chiggers”, which are small red mites)
Le Regne Animal Distribue d’Apres son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l’Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Georges Cuvier, 1838.
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Posted on February 14, 2011 via ♡♡♡♡ with 27 notes
Source: pinktentacle.com
