Head lice and body lice, which are different forms (subspecies) of Pediculus humanus, are very similar in appearance and are often confused. Lice are wingless insects whose legs have claws that grip and hold onto hair shafts enabling them to feed more easily off of their host. Their abdomens are distinctly longer than they are wide. Their are 6 pairs of breathing spiracles. Their color, which varies from dirty-white to rust to grayish-black, usually approaches the hair color of the host. Head lice almost always occur on the head where they attach their eggs (nits) to the hair; body lice prefer to live in the seams and linings of unwashed clothing, blankets and sheets from which they periodically crawl onto the skin to feed. Although body lice usually deposit their nits on unwashed clothing fibers, the nits are sometimes found on body hair as well. Head lice can change to become the color of the host’s hair. http://www.licenders.com/http://www.roshnakki.com/http://www.roshnakki.co.il/ call: 888-LICENDERS
