Talk:Crab louse

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Wait, it says that they can survive being away from the human host for like a week, and then it lists one of the reasons that they arent transmitted via toilet seat as it not living long without a human host... edit: ALSO, it says that it dies within 1-2 days of falling off the host under life cycle...

Mpawluk 04:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)Well then is it possible to get crabs from a toilet seat?

[edit] Joseph Reid

I have removed the statement "They were originally discovered by Scientist Joseph Reid in 1842." They have obviously been known to humankind for a long time an d were described by Linnaeus. ~~Joseph Reid~~ Leach established the genus Phthirus. See http://www.phthiraptera.org/taxonomy.html. William Avery 21:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

If it meant that the stages in the life cycle were first described by Reid, can someone put that back in as a sourced statement. William Avery 21:34, 14 July 2006 (UTC)