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1. Let's start this creepy crawly quiz with a question about a pest that has appeared in epidemic numbers in recent years. Once mostly eradicated from the developed world, it is now found almost everywhere and you might be bringing it home with you any day now. It's about 5 mm long, red-brown in colour and flat-bodied. Any idea what it is?
2. Moving on from bugs, how about worms? These little horrors can be picked up from ingesting soil, or from poor toilet hygiene. They mostly infest children but anyone can get them; small, thin and white and up to 13mm in length, you may spot them in faeces or recognise that you have a problem when you get itchiness around your anus. What are they?
3. Back to insects, but this time let's talk about mites. These unpleasant beasties are generally spread by skin to skin contact, and can be found in all parts of the world in people of all ages. You know you've got them if you find you have itchy places on your skin and something that looks like pencil marks. Any idea what this is?
4. More insects - fleas this time. There are thousands of kinds of fleas and most of them will bite any available animal if they are hungry enough. There is only one 'human' flea though. What's its name?
5. These next parasites are mostly found in people who live in developing countries, although cases are reported all over the world. They live in the human bowel and can grow up to an incredible 30 feet in length. What are they?
6. Something a bit different this time. You may find that you have an itchy area that has blisters or scaly patches, and is spreading outwards in a ring. It's called 'ringworm' but do you know what causes it?
7. How would you like to know that your body was being used as an incubator for fly larvae? Well, there is a kind of fly, found in the Americas, which does just that. Do you know its name?
8. This parasite has over 800 species and is a blood-sucking arthropod, related to spiders, scorpions and mites. They generally prefer to use animals, and each kind has its preferred host, but they do bite humans as well and can cause some very unpleasant illnesses. They are found all over the world apart from Antarctica. What are they?
9. These pests are sometimes referred to as some of the most dangerous animals on earth. They exist in their billions everywhere except Antarctica, breed in standing water and can carry lethal diseases. What are they?
10. And finally, we come to lice. And not before time, you may say.
Humans may be infested with three kinds of lice, collectively called Pediculus Humanus. They may be found on the head, body and pubic areas and generally keep to their own place, except for the pubic ones which can also be found in eyelashes, beards and underarms - where the hair is coarse.
What name is given to this type of louse?
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