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[[File:Life cycle of a lice.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Adult Stage of a male human head louse]]
[[File:Life cycle of a lice.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Adult Stage of a male human head louse]]
Head louse has three stages egg,nymph, and adult.
Head louse has three stages egg,nymph, and adult.
Head Louse's eggs is called Nits, they are often confused as a dandruff. you cannot wash the nits off of your hair. Female louse lay nits base of the hair, closest to the scalp. Nits are less than 1cm long and they take about a week to hatch. when the nits are hatched you can see nymph of a louse. In order to become adult they have to molt about three times but it only take 7 days for them to molt three times and become an adult. The adult louse has six legs and the color of the louse depends on a color of head that nits were hatched. Female louse is usually bigger than the male louse and female louse can lay 8 nits per day. <ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/biology.html] ''Center for Disease Control and Prevention''. Web. Last Updated September 24 2013 .</ref>
Head Louse's eggs is called Nits, they are often confused as a dandruff. you cannot wash the nits off of your hair. Female louse lay nits base of the hair, closest to the scalp. Nits are less than 1cm long and they take about a week to hatch. when the nits are hatched you can see nymph of a louse. In order to become adult they have to molt about three times but it only take 7 days for them to molt three times and become an adult. The adult louse has six legs and the color of the louse depends on a color of head that nits were hatched. Female louse is usually bigger than the male louse and female louse can lay 8 nits per day. <ref>Unknown Author.[http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/biology.html] ''Center for Disease Control and Prevention''. Web. Last Updated September 24 2013 .</ref>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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