OK, this is a rather unusual thread. It is not taxonomic but rather a dumping group for ectoparasitic arthropods or arthropods that feed on blood, of a vertebrate host (not specifically humans).
It does NOT include stinging or venomous arthropods, nor those that are toxic to ingest or touch.
So, here is where you can place your fleas, ticks, lice, mosquitoes, bed and kissing bugs, horse flies, etc.
The common bed bug,
Cimex lectularius.
1. Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks)
2. Paleo-creatures
3. Club Earth (Backyard Bugs)
Fleas, order Siphonaptera.
I. dog flea, Ctenocephalides canis.
A. Model by GPI Anatomicals (Canine Skin Parasites).
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One figure, by Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks)
III. Ctenocephalides spp.These figures are not marketed as specific species but appear to be based on
Ctenocephalides. spp.
A. Miscellaneous figures.
1. unknown manufacturer
2. Groovy Tube Books (Bug Blast!)
3-5. unknown manufacturers*
* these figures are too plump to fleas but are clearly modeled after fleas!
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One figure, by Kaiyodo (Sanitary Insect Pest Exhibition).
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The lone star tick
Amblyomma americanum.
Two figures, a female and male pair, by a currently unknown Japanese (Chinese?) manufacturer.
upload a pictureThe American dog tick,
Dermacentor variabilis.
Two figures, a male and female pair, by a currently unknown Japanese (Chinese?) manufacturer.
image ruTicks in the genus
Ixodes.
I. Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus.
One figure, by Paleo-Creatures [figure is a male]
adult image uploadII. castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus.
1. 3B Scientific
2. Funrise Toys (World of Nature Insect Collection)
adult image uploadIII. Black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis.
Two figures, an engorged female and a male by a currently unknown manufacturer.
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1. GPI Anatomicals (Canine Skin Parasites)-this is an otherwise great figure except for the presence of festoons which this genus should not have.
2. Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks)-this is marketed as a 'deer tick' which generally implies an
Ixodes, but members of this genus should not have eyes, an ornate dorsal shield, nor festoons.
adult image uploadThe brown dog tick,
Rhipicephalus sanguineus:
Two figures, a female + male pair by Merial
pic hostingSoft Ticks (family Argasidae).
One figure, by Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks). This figure is marked 'chigger' but this is clearly not a chigger (besides, chiggers are only parasitic in the larval stage, which would only have 6 legs). The morphology is generic (and many members of this family look similar), but probably represents
Ornithodoros or
Carios.
The dust mite,
Dermatophagoides farinae.
One figure, and what must be the ONLY figure of a dust mite, by Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks). Kind of cartoony but interesting.
The itch mite,
Sarcoptes scabiei.
1. GPI Anatomicals (Canine Skin Parasites) - [probably intended to be subspecies,
S. S. canis.]
2. Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks)
image upload no size limitParasitic lice (Psocodea)
I. Human head-and-body louse, Pediculus humanus.
1. Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks)
2. unknown vintage manufacturer
imgurlII. Pubic louse, Pthirus pubis.
One figure, by Kaiyodo (Sanitary Insect Pest Exhibition). At the time of this writing, I am lacking the Play Visions figure.
imgurlMosquitoes (family Culicidae).
I. Anopheles maculipennis.
One figure, by Skillcraft (Insect Lab) [I had to paint it myself]
online photo storageII. unassigned mosquitoes.
A. Life cycle by Safari LTD (Safariology)
online photo storageB. miscellaneous small figures.
1. left: Bullyland
2. right: unknown manufacturer
online photo storageBlow flies (family Calliphoridae). [their larvae can cause myiasis].
I. common greenbottle fly, Lucilia caesar.
One figure, by Kaiyodo (Capsule Q - Sanitary Insect Pest Exhibition)
host image onlineII. common toad fly, Lucilia silvarum.
One figure, by Skillcraft (Insect Lab)
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A. misc. figures.
1. K&M International (Insects Polyvinyl Bag)
2. unknown manufacturer [released in conjunction with Disney's A Bug's Life]
host image onlineB. Large figure by 4D Famemaster.
host image onlineA tse tse fly in the genus
Glossina.
One figure, by Funrise Toys (World of Nature Insect Collection). While not overly accurate (they did give it a biting proboscis at least), it was specifically marketed as a tse tse fly.
image hostingBlack fly (family Simuliidae). Another fairly generic fly by Funrise Toys (World of Nature Insect Collection), but marketed specifically as a lack fly.
Horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Of these first four figures, two are generic flies but specifically marketed as horse flies and two are generic but better attributable to Tabanidae.
1. Groovy Tube Books (Bug Blast!)
2. Funrise Toys (World of Nature Insect Collection)
3. unknown manufacturer
4. unknown manufacturer
imgurlThe sheep ked
Melophagus ovis.
Both of these figures are vintage figures from unknown manufacturers originally distributed in bubble-gum machines.
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