Little white bugs...

[Pure Predator]

the last two coyotes I have shot this year have been covered with little white bugs.... the size of a pin head, with a brown head on them... they are very slow moving... Anyone know what these are... Im in the midwest... if that helps...

Mike

[LeviM]

fleas??? Maybe

[Pure Predator]

If they are they are in the laval stage... Once the coyote is dead... They all come out and gather aroung the nose.. and mouth...

[lyonch]

I would google the little white bastards If you can, take a picture next time so that we can all see it!!! It then will be easier to determine what the possibilities are.

[Fallguy]

Are they lice?

Not sure on the flea life cycle. I know pretty much every coyote I have ever skinned has had at least one flea on them. Usually they are bigger than a pin head though, brown, and pretty fast moving. They always give me the creeps. The worst was when I got in the house and was looking in the mirror and had one crawling on my forehead.

I ran outside, undressed in a snowbank, then ran in the house and took the hottest, longest shower I ever took. Found my clothes about a week later after it snowed and then melted again.

[lyonch]

If you boys wanna see fleas just come turkey hunting with me and when we get one and you decide to dry pluck it you will see what i am talking about!! Just ask levi about all the fleas that are on a wild turkey All the coyote that i have skun i have only had one coyote that i noticed that had them little buggers crawling around. It was a coyote from the minot tourney.

[Fallguy]

Huh I wasn't aware that birds carried fleas I guess. I suppose though there isn't much difference and those feathers probably provide a lot of warmth.

[LeviM]

I just started spraying my coyotes with raid "flea" works wonders, I hate fleas

[Fallguy]

I have done the spraying trick. Last time when we skinned in the field we were at the father in laws cabin and forgot raid so we just skinned fast and drank beer to forget about the damn fleas.

[huntinND]

Probably Dog Louse, if you google it you should find some picture. They are white about 1-3 mm in length. Apparently all canids can carry these.

[Coyotehunter]

sounds about right to me huntinND, there are some studies on them on the web I have read. they sound pretty prevalent and can really cause some problems. I have not noticed any though on my coyotes. Fleas so bad on most that I do not look that hard either.

[LeviM]

Probably Dog Louse, if you google it you should find some picture. They are white about 1-3 mm in length. Apparently all canids can carry these.

Well thats new to me! Never heard of these little buggers

[lyonch]

Levi i know you heard of them they hang around down by your...... well you know what i am talking about

[Pure Predator]

DOG Louse... Thats them... give me the willys, now the one that I shot this morning does not have them..

Thanks guys...

Mike
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Google them and then hit "images" just so everyone else know what they are...

[Prairie Ghost]

Never noticed them on a coyote or any of the other critter that i skinned but that's very interesting is there anything that a coyote DOESN'T carry LOLOL