Mites on Egg (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Mites on Egg

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This photo shows many mites on an egg from a heavily infested hen. It is easy to see how the mites would readily get onto a person who handled such an egg. Each mite is about 0.6 millimeters long.

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B. Mullens, UC Riverside.

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