# Male human head louse

- By: Gilles San Martin
- Date: Taken on 17 August 2010, 10:40:54
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: originally posted to Flickr as Male human head louse
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Male_human_head_louse.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Male_human_head_louse.jpg/1920px-Male_human_head_louse.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Male human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis.

Keywords : louse lice Anoplura Phthiraptera pou poux kopflaus hoofdluis piojo parasite blood sucking ectoparasite Belgium

Technical settings : Focus stack of 57 images, microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) directly on the body (with adapter ~30 mm)