When a water mite – one of the 2mm big ones – is spotted in the microscope, you will see up to several mites at once. There are both male and female water mites. The fertilized female mite finds an insect larva (or, in the lack of a better host, a human), which she latches […]
Water mites
They are not very common, but can be considered as a possible cause of unexplained itching. Ball mites are actually quite small animals that are only 0.2 mm long. The fertilized females may, however, swell and become spherical with a diameter of up to 2 mm. One of the water mite species is called Pyemotes […]