The fusion of a human with a louse. Though bulky and misshapen, these insectoids have keen senses and great strength to relentlessly pursue a potential meal. They crave hair, feathers and skin cells, but ignore meaty tissues and blood, picking prey skinless and dumping the remainder. They start with a different area of the body, most commonly the scalp, according to the species of louse used in the initial fusion, making certain species much more feared than others.

   Pestilice foam at the mouth when excited and regularly lick their claws, making their attacks more debilitating as any contact with their saliva causes an intensely itchy rash in humans and most animals.