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[[Image:Scabies human skin pruritis.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Scabies on human skin resulting in pruritis - Wikimedia Commons]] | [[Image:Scabies human skin pruritis.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Scabies on human skin resulting in pruritis - Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
[[Image:Puppy sarcoptic mange.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Puppy with sarcoptic mange - Wikimedia Commons]] | [[Image:Puppy sarcoptic mange.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Puppy with sarcoptic mange - Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
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*Small, round mite | *Small, round mite | ||
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*Male is about 250μm in length and the female about 400-430μm in length | *Male is about 250μm in length and the female about 400-430μm in length | ||
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==Life cycle== | ==Life cycle== | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 30 March 2010
File:Scabies human skin pruritis.jpg
Scabies on human skin resulting in pruritis - Wikimedia Commons
Recognition
- Small, round mite
- Short legs
- Project only a short distance from body margin
- Dorsal spines
- Arranged in rows
- Terminal anus
- Male is about 250μm in length and the female about 400-430μm in length
Life cycle
- 3 week life cycle
- Female lays eggs in epidermis in an egg laying pocket
- Female feeds on liquid oozing from damaged tissue
- The eggs hatch in 1 week
- 6 legged larvae released which crawl to skin surface
- The larvae then burrow back into the epidermis into moulting pockets
- Larvae moult to become 8 legged nymphs
- Nymphs moult twice before becoming adults
- Adult males emerge and look for females to mate
Cause Sarcoptic Mange