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[[File:Body design of louse.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Ventral view of male louse]]
[[File:Body design of louse.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Ventral view of male louse]]
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 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>
Lice has a flat body which can help lice to stick to it's prey's feather or hair. Lice uses antennae as clasping organ to hold female when they are mating.<ref> .[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/349361/louse/39608/Ecology#toc39609] ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''. Web. Modified April 01 2010 .</ref>


== Life Cycle ==
== Life Cycle ==
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