To burn the house down (pic included)

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What on god’s earth is this? Please tell me, without any context, what you think this critter is.

Flea?

Looks like a flea

Yep that's a flea.

Definitely a flea.

Yes, it’s a flea.

Indorex spray is your friend.

Flea? Maybe but looks quite large. Can it be the hatched out stage of woodworm? Had an infestation many years ago, looked very similar.

Dunno, is that thing on your KNEE?

Pretty big flea.

Looks like a flea to me, you just need to spray the house. If you’re worried get a local pest control person over. A friend had her house fumigated for around £200.

Absolutely, definitely, a flea.

If that is your nail, it's an adult flea. If it's your knee, it's scary.

Dunno, is that thing on your KNEE?

No, it’s clearly on her fingernail.

Thats too big to ne a flea surely ?

Yes, that’s my finger nail (had to enlarge the pic).
Some context: cat had fleas. Two and a bit weeks ago he was treated at the vet’s and house was fumigated. These little jumpy fuckers are still to be found, but only in one part of the front room weirdly! They make an unwelcomed appearance on baby’s head, of all places.

I was just about to call the pest control again, when I noticed one in my daughter’s hair. She stayed at nanny’s last night, so I saw it when I picked her up this morning. Nanny doesn’t have fleas in my house, to my knowledge - could this be very large, mutant lice? Do I need to shave all our heads and burn the house down? 🤢😱

^^In her house, too distraught for grammar clearly...

Yep, that's a flea.

If you have pets, get them to the vet for flea treatment. Hoover the house thoroughly, spray with Indorex (around £15 and there's enough in one can to do a whole house). Job done.

Cross-posted. definitely call pest control again. They do sometimes take a while to die though.

When my cat had fleas we treated her and the vet told us to let her into every room in the house -she isn’t usually let upstairs.
He said that the fleas would jump onto her and then die.
We also got this and it worked really well.

Flea eggs can lay dormant until the conditions are right for hatching, normally when its warm. Agree indorex is the best home remedy i have found after years of cats and dogs in the house (animal lover...apart from their pets as we call them LOL)
only solution i have found is to treat the infected animals and hoover every day until you havent seen any for a while.

Can it be the hatched out stage of woodworm? No, woodworm are beetle larvae. The back legs of this creature tell you it's a jumping animal.

We once moved into a rental property which was full of fleas. I used to walk round the edge of all the rooms when we got in from work carrying a bowl of soapy water, and as the fleas leaped out on to my legs I picked them off and dropped them in the water. The numbers I caught dropped rapidly over the first few days, and it wasn't long before we were completely clear.

I agree with flea, Indorex and "treat the cat and let her mop up all the fleas"

I still fondly remember the great Fleamageddon of 2010....

Thank you for posting, everyone. I can just about cope with fleas - will get the house fumigated again and will get Indorex.
But please, please, tell me it’s definitely NOT lice

Fleamaggedon

I think it’s too big to be a flea and is more likely a weevil - do you have any open bags of flour or birdseed? If so, bin them and disinfect the cupboards and that should be the end of it.

I don't think it's too big to be a flea. I've seen them in all sorts of sizes.

Arriving home from a 2 week holiday to discover that 1) Frontline was ineffective and 2) the whole house had hatched was definitely a learning experience.