…humans as well as a wide variety of animal species all over the globe. The itch mite also goes by the Latin name Sarcoptes scabiei. In Denmark, there are about 6000 cases of itch mites a year. Most cases are registered in the period October-November. Appearance Itch mite can be a major nuisance. But the little mite is difficult to spot with the naked eye. It is only between 0.2 and 0.4 millimeters long, which is why you rarely see it. The suspicio…
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Ectoparasites
…ebum and rarely causes symptoms. They are transmitted by body contact. The itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. P.115. The itch mites feed on the top layer of the skin. They are especially found between fingers and on wrists. The itch mites are transmitted by intimate contact. Ectoparasites in Dogs The dog louse, Linognathus setosus. P.35. It is especially found on the head, neck and back of the dog where it feeds on blood. Are similar to the human louse…
Index
…moth Bryobia praetiosa Bumblebee Burrows Butterflies Butterfly dust Canine itch mite Canine nasal mite Carpet beetle Carpoglypus lactis Cat fur mite Centipede Centipedes Ceratophyllus gallinae Ceratopogonidae Cercariae Cheyletiella Cheyletiella blakei Cheyletiella parasitovorax Cheyletiella yasguri Cheyletus eruditus Chilopoda Chirodiscoides caviae Chrysops Cimex columbarius Cimex lectularius Cimex pipistrelli Clover mite Coccinella septempunctata…
Furniture mite
…al. The furniture mite is often compared with other mites such as the meal mite or the stock mite. However, there are different mites with different characteristics. Appearance The furniture mite is not easy to spot with the naked eye. Often the mites must appear in large numbers before you notice them. The largest furniture mite are only 0.7 millimeters long and have a whitish color. The furniture mite shares many similarities with the mites that…
Index
…ider beetle, smooth Spider beetle, white-marked Stegobium paniceum Storage mite Sugar mite Supella longipalpa Surinamensis, Oryzaephilus Swallows Synanthrope species Tectus, Ptinus Tenebroides mauretanicus Tenebrio molitor Tenebrionidae Thermobia domestica Tobacco moth Tribolium castaneum Tribolium confusum Tribolium destructor Tribolium navale Trogoderma granarium Tropical warehouse moth True weevils Tyroglyphus farinae Tyrolichus casei Vespoides…
Itch mites
…he outermost layer of skin – the stratum corneum – are collectively called itch mites. There are many kinds of itch mites, but luckily for us, they each stick to one animal species. The species that are most important to us is called Sarcoptes scabiei. The word scabies is Latin and means rash or itching. Physiological types. Humans have their own itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei typicus. Other varieties of the same species infest other mammals. They l…
The flour mite
…g the roles of mites in diseases connected with food or feed infested with mites. The mites live with high amounts of bacteria and fungi, and the importance of these should not be underestimated. The mites are only in the picture because they are what can be seen with the naked eye. In cases of pig deaths, where the mites have been suspected to be the cause, there have never been major amounts of mites present, but more often there have been moth…
Dust mites
…suck blood. But also, because those places often are dark, which the dust mite prefers. The dust mite can live without food for a long time – up to several months. If you find a dust mite in your bedroom or other rooms, it is often because it has moved away from its usual route and movement. You can however find dust mites in the bedroom if there are already bed bugs, as the dust mites can feed on them, but that is very unusually. The dust mite i…
Red mite
…s. Domestic as well as wild birds. In Denmark, one of the most common bird mites is the so-called red mite, which also goes by the Latin name Dermanyssus gallinae. This type of bird mite is found especially among chickens, but a large number of wild birds as well as pigeons can also be attacked by the mites. However, it is not only birds that may be at the receiving end of a bite from a bird mite. They can sometimes also attack humans, which can c…
Clover mite
…ecause clover mites often appear together in larger quantities. The clover mite’s eggs, like the mite itself, are red. As an adult, clover mites have four pairs of legs. Biology and behavior The clover mites spend their lives sucking nutrients out of green plants, changing skin, overwintering, and making migrations to lay eggs in suitable hiding places. It is different for the different species how they approach the task. While species that live o…
Walking dandruff
…pets if you suspect that there are fur mites in the home. Detection of fur mites Fur mites are most easily detected by taking a hair sample from the lower back of your pet. If you have several animals, you should examine all of them, as fur mites, can jump from animal to animal. On the lower back you will be able to find a large concentration of both fur mites and fur mite eggs. You can either look closely with the naked eye, or you can use a micr…
(1) The house dust mite and the sugar mite
…during natural degradation. The common house dust mite lives, among other places, in bird nests. It can form blooms in a damp, mouldy room, and it is usually the one you see in newly built houses that are heated, but have not yet dried properly. The sugar mite is on the other hand tolerant to cold environments and is therefore free-living. It is also the sugar mite that dominates in unheated storages containing hay, straw, grain, etc. If the room…
Itch mite
Itch mite (Latin: Sarcoptes scabiei) This mite lives actually in the skin, burrowing tunnels in the upper layer, rather like a mole. It is only 1/3 mm long and is rarely seen, but its presence is revealed by the inflamed and eczema-like condition it causes (see p. 52). The eggs are laid in the burrows made by the female and it takes a good two weeks for the young to reach the adult stage. Infection is usually by females with eggs being transferre…
Bird mites
…n Denmark is the Dermanyssus gallinae, red mite, poultry mite, red poultry mite, roost mite and chicken mite. It can be a nuisance for hens, chickens and all sorts of caged birds. In the wild it is also found in pigeons, sparrows and many other different birds with dry, high-lying nests. NB. The bird mites belong to a large group of mites (Gamaside) which are very similar in appearance. Almost all are free-living and peaceful. From time to time, t…
The cheese mite
…ei. Up to 0.7 mm long, whitish body with yellowish or red legs. The cheese mite is the most common of the mites that live in cheese and in places where cheese is stored. The cheese mite prefers substrates with available protein and high-fat foods. It cannot dig into cheese, but infests cheese in places where there are already cracks. This species is 15 -18 days to fully develop and is similar to the prune mite both in terms of life cycle, reproduc…
The sugar mite
…that infest hay, straw and grain. In cereals this is usually the first species to appear after harvest. In intervention cereals the sugar mite is often seen for the first time around October 10th and is a kind of precursor to the actual sugar mite infestations that start a few months later. The sugar mite takes up a lot of the landscape. For the same reason it cannot dig like the flour mite, which means that it is not present in flour, but is ref…
The prune mite
…days during optimal conditions at 25 ° C and 85% relative humidity. Prune mite A female mite can in 20 days lay 278 eggs and this explains how it is possible for a prune mite population to increase its number of individuals a hundred times within just 16 days. The prune mite itself does no real damage other than to discredit whatever it lives in as this gradually becomes disgusting and unsalable. Its presence is also an indication that the substr…
Scabies in animals
…eople who come into contact with the pets. Dogs Dogs only have one kind of itch mites. British studies have shown that 1% of English dogs suffer from canine scabies (mange). In infected dogs, crusty rashes are found on the edges of ears as well as in the elbow region. You may get an early suspicion of scabies in dogs by if the dog make scratching movements in the air with a hind leg, is a sign of increased irritability where you touched it. Fox sc…
Storage mites
…the aggressive chemical environment they form around them. Many different mites The most common mite in cheese is the cheese mite, Tyrolichus casei, which is found in cracks in the cheese. On the surface of dried fruit, a fruit mite, Carpoglypus lactis, is found. In the other goods, the mite fauna is dominated by the genus Acarus, Lepidoglyphus, Tyrophagus and, especially in hay, Tydeus and Tarsonemus. The storage mites mainly feed on the microor…
The common house mite
…The common house mite ( Latin: Glycyphagus domesticus) Lat: Glycyphagus domesticus. Also called the furniture mite. The common house mite is very similar to the sugar mite. It can be seen indoors in humid spaces where it can form large populations in the autumn. It rarely contaminates food or animal feed. Both the sugar mite and the common house mite are exterminated easily by dehydration….
Biology
…burrow. The female mite, and behind her excrement and eggs. (Railliet) The itch mite eats the stratum corneum of the skin. A female itch mite lays 2-3 eggs a day. They are attached to the bottom of the burrow with a short stem. Newly laid eggs are 0.170 mm long and half as wide. The eggs hatch after 3-4 days and a small, six-legged larva crawls out. They find their way to the skin surface through a hole in the burrow roof and dig a short vertical…
The harvest mite
…e larval stage cannot complete its development in humans, because we usually manage to scratch off the larva before it has time to eat. Larval bites are not felt. When bitten, a rash, Trombiculosis, occurs as the skin reacts to the mite saliva. The mites cannot be eradicated, but local nuisance can be partially remedied by spraying with an insecticide or any products intended for control of mites on plants. For personal protection mosquito repelle…
Prune mite
…Prune mite (Latin: Carpoglyphus lactis) Many of the mites occurring in foods can cause eczema in the people likely to come in contact with them. This mite, which thrives particularly in dried fruit, can cause the condition known as ‘grocer’s itch’ in people who work with mite-ridden goods in stores and warehouses….
Prune mite
…s and to their moulted skins and faeces. Prune mites are particularly likely to produce this type of condition, often known as grocer’s itch, but flour mites may also be responsible….
House dust mites
…s not due to house dust mites. There is only one real danger of house dust mites, and that is house dust mite allergy, which some people unfortunately develop over the course of their lives. Damage When it comes to allergies and animals, there can be different reasons why a person experiences an allergic reaction. As house dust mites are an animal species, it is also possible to develop allergies, but the actual reaction is fortunately easy to fin…
Trombiculosis
…gnification. The animals can be easily be caught on a piece of adhesive tape. The harvest mite larva is red. There are other red or reddish mites that are found around houses, trees, rocks, and walls. For example, the red wall mite, Balaustium murorum and the clover mite, Bryobia praetiosa. However, they are both commonly found in the spring and it is the nymphal stages, you see. Unlike the harvest mite larva, which has six legs, they have eight l…
Flour mite
…t thrive if the relative humidity is less than 65 per cent. Enlarged flour mite Flour mites are able to survive periods with unfavourable conditions. After the second nymphal stage they may pass into what is known as a hypopus stage, in which they are almost immobile and very resistant to desiccation. In the hypopus stage they can also be transported, e.g. by flies. If there is any doubt as to whether flour is infested with mites it is only necess…
Red poultry mite
…ys. The adults can survive for 4-5 months without blood. When one of these mites is found indoors, it will almost always have come from birds and usually from a bird’s nest. When the young birds fly from the nest the hungry mites start to wander. Their bite causes itching and as they often occur in large numbers they can be very unpleasant. The infested nest should be removed and the surrounding area sprayed or treated with a suitable powder….
Control
…ng. Clothes and the surrounding environment. During the 24 hours, when the itch mite control product is on the body, you cannot be infected by itch mites. When the 24 hours are up, any mites on clothes and in the surrounding environment will be dead or unable to infect. Therefore, the washing of clothing and bed linen is not a necessary part of the itch mite control. If you feel most comfortable by washing your clothes and bed linen, you should of…
Three kinds of fur mites
…ur mites. The rabbit fur mite, Cheyletiella parasitovorax is found in 50-100% of domestic and wild rabbits in other countries. Rabbits are rarely bothered by their fur mites. Rabbit Fur mites can bite humans, but it almost never happens because they rarely have the opportunity….