She stared down stupidly at the feather shaft of an arrow.

It has a pale yellow head and paler yellow iris with black feather shafts.

Their common name, the shaft louse, is given due to their habit of resting on feather shafts when undisturbed.

This allows them to conceal themselves between the feather shafts and avoid being dislodged during preening or flight.

Their elongated shape allow them to conceal themselves between feather shafts and therefore avoid dislodgement while its host is preening or in flight.

These lice lay their eggs in parts of the body inaccessible to preening, such as the interior of feather shafts.

The feather shafts on side of its head are white, which shows through on occasion.

The pin feather looks somewhat like a feather shaft.

On the crown, the feather shafts are dark, producing a somewhat streaked effect.

Some of the feather shafts are darker.