Answer to Case 293

Answer:  nit (egg) of Pthirus pubis, the crab louseYou can differentiate this nit from the similarly appearing nits of the head and body lice by its taller operculum (cone of cells at the apex):And now a poem from Blaine Mathison (I'm not taking responsibility for this one!)Chilling at home in his bachelor padtrying to get all the booty that he could grabbut his latest of trystsgave him a gift that persistsfor now he's host to Sebastian the 'Crab'
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