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The average life cycle for a house dust mite is 65–100 days. [9] A mated female house dust mite can live up to 70 days, laying 60 to 100 eggs in the last five weeks of her life. In a 10-week life span, a house dust mite will produce approximately 2,000 fecal particles and an even larger number of partially digested enzyme-covered dust ...
The naming of the family originates from the fact that dust mites cause eczema, with intense itching and a red rash.The condition has been described as like burns from fire on the skin, with a 'burning' itching sensation, hence the word 'Pyro' in 'pyroglyphidae'.
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Newly emerged and mated females inject a neurotoxin-containing saliva into their hosts, which paralyzes the host and enables the gravid female mites to feed on the host's hemolymph. [1] The posterior portion (opisthosoma) of the female enlarges as its progeny develops inside, and, within a few days, up to 250 adult mites emerge from the gravid ...
American house dust mite: Oral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), Asthma: Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: European house dust mite: Oral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), Asthma Laelaps echidnina: Spiny rat mite: Rodent mite dermatitis: Lepidoglyphus destructor: Hay mite: Leptotrombidium deliense: Chigger Trombiculid mite: Scrub typhus: Liponyssoides sanguineus ...
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The microscopic mite Lorryia formosa (). The mites are not a defined taxon, but is used for two distinct groups of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes.The phylogeny of the Acari has been relatively little studied, but molecular information from ribosomal DNA is being extensively used to understand relationships between groups.
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