Body lice can live anywhere there is hair on the body. Body lice are much hardier than other types of lice and can live up to 10 days without a human host. On a human host they can survive for up to three weeks, laying up to 88 eggs during their lifetime on their host.
Photo: Erin Lubin, Special To The Chronicle. Margaret Phelan Taylor, 85-years-old, holds a photo of herself from when she served as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot, or WASP, during WWII, as she sits in her Palo Alto home Friday afternoon, July 17, 2009. Phelan Taylor will be receiving a congressional gold medal for her work during world war II as a pilot.
Madison Holleran, 19: UPenn Track Star Jumps To Death. 1  So sad. Madison Holleran, a promising 19-year-old track star at the University of Pennsylvania, committed suicide in Center City, Philadelphia on Jan. 17 without giving any hint to her unhappiness. Just an hour before her death, she posted a beautiful photo of a sunset to her Instagram account.