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.
A big congrats to Brooke Martell, the winner of the Weston County Junior Rodeo saddle in Newcastle, Wyoming. Brooke is 11 years old, and she and her family raised her horse Lovey, who is 21. Brooke sang The National Anthem both days of the rodeo. A special thanks to Danny Williams, a longtime friend who volunteered as the rodeo's flagman and sent me Brooke's story.