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===Life Cycle===

===Life Cycle===

The entire life cycle takes place on a single host and takes between 14 and 21 days to complete. The mite is spread by close contact with an infected animal, however it can survive for a limited time off the host. Mating occurs on the host, a mature male will leave its moulting pocket and seek a female either on the skin or in a moulting pocket. The females are ovo-viviparous meaning that they give birth to live larval young. Once fertalised the female will create a burrow in the upper layers of the epidermis, the larvae will be laid in this burrow and move to the skin surface.

The entire life cycle takes place on a single host and takes between 14 and 21 days to complete. The mite is spread by close contact with an infected animal, however it can survive for a limited time off the host. Mating occurs on the host, a mature male will leave its moulting pocket and seek a female either on the skin or in a moulting pocket. The females are ovo-viviparous meaning that they give birth to live larval young. Once fertalised the female will create a burrow in the upper layers of the epidermis, the larvae will be laid in this burrow and move to the skin surface.<br>

'''Larvae'''<br/>

'''Larvae'''<br/>

''Knemidocoptes'' mites have hexapod larvae.Burrow into the skin creating moulting pockets and undergo two nymphal stages before reaching maturity

''Knemidocoptes'' mites have hexapod larvae.Burrow into the skin creating moulting pockets and undergo two nymphal stages before reaching maturity