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The eggs are small and oval with a thin shell, they will often hatch in the large intestine so L1 larvae are expelled in the hosts faeces.
The eggs are small and oval with a thin shell, they will often hatch in the large intestine so L1 larvae are expelled in the hosts faeces.
==== Life-Cycle ====
==== Life-Cycle ====
''S. westeri'' has a typical [[:Category:Rhabditoidea|strongyloides]] life cycle, with both a free living and parasitic cycle. The free living cycle involves male and female worms reproducing sexually on the ground, this can occur for several generation with no parasitism taking place.
*Parasitic and free-living (non-parasitic) phases.
*Parasitic and free-living (non-parasitic) phases.
*Prepatent period 1week (embryonated egg, 50-60µm).
*Prepatent period 1week (embryonated egg, 50-60µm).