I found this on my head the second time today, last time i thought it was a spider (with doubts)
So i tried to look for it for like 1-2 hours before i got it finally
But they did not look like the first image because they can shed their wings when finding a suitible host and their wing shed form does get less acssociated with its name.
Its at least harmless because it does not really carry illnesses but it can leave an itchy head for weeks :/
Better than ill at least
I hiked along some cliffs in Mull where there was a large feral goat population, and was swarmed by these fuckers (we call them deer keds). Absolute nightmare fuel. They would quickly shed their wings and nestle in hair (mostly my beard) or inside clothing. They’re really flat and leathery, and cling on for dear life - making them unreasonably hard to remove (they would wriggle free from my fingertips as I tried to prise them off.) I removed several dozen over the day and still found their corpses in my laundry.
The only goats we saw were dead and stinking. On the plus side, the weather was bad enough to mostly keep the midges at bay. Without a doubt, the worst experience I’ve had in the Western Isles.