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 == Body Design ==
 [[File:Body design of louse.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Ventral view of male louse]]
-Basic body design of Louse is it does not have wings reduced compound eyes, has antennae, reduced labial palp.<ref>Smith, Vince.[http://tolweb.org/Phthirapteral] ''Tree Of Life Web Project''. Web. Date-of-publication March 07 1997 .</ref>
+There are many different types of lice but they all have common body design. All the adult lice have head, thorax, and abdomen. it's head has anterior piercing mouthpart with can pierce through the scalp or skin of it's prey. <ref>[http://teacherweb.com/CAD/EcoleStMaloSchool/EcoleStMaloSchool/HeadLice---Life-Cycle.pdf] ''Head Lice Life Cycle and Characteristics''. Web. Date of publication January 2008 .</ref>
-There are 2 different types of louse. there are biting lice and sucking lice.Biting lice has wide head with big jaw, short antennae and the eyes are reduced or absent but sucking lice has cone shaped head with mouthpart that can suck blood out of it's prey, short antennae and eyes are reduced or absent.<ref>Meyer, John.[http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/library/compendium/phthiraptera.html#physical] ''General Entmology''. Web. Last updated April 8 2009 .</ref>
 == Life Cycle ==