fly away? Head lice do not have wings and are physically incapable of jumping. If the object leaped, it is almost certainly a flea or another type of agile insect. If it crawled, observe the speed. Lice are notoriously slow, deliberate crawlers. If the speck darted away rapidly, it is likely a different, faster-moving insect.
Second, consider the quantity. Was it a solitary find? A true lice infestation rarely presents as a single, isolated bug. If you only found one and no others are visible upon closer inspection, the odds
