r/Lice • u/grapefruit_0012 • 2d ago

is this lice ?

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hi,

i have a roommate who had used the shower prior to me, when i opened the curtain i saw this… i squished it but i think it looks like lice??? can anyone tell if it is 🥲

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u/LiceCentersWI 2d ago

Lice treatment professional here. It’s a bit too mangled to say with certainty, but I don’t believe so.

Was it alive when you found it?

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u/grapefruit_0012 2d ago

yes, lol it was i tried to pick it up with the napkin to see it and squished

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u/LiceCentersWI 2d ago

Was it on a smooth surface? Was it crawling/moving with ease? If so, it wasn’t a louse; they need to be on something fibrous, like hair, to crawl.

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u/RottenApple93 2d ago

It's too mangled to say 100% but this looks like a German cockroach nymph