Follicle mite (Demodex folliculorum) Science Image
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Follicle mite (Demodex folliculorum)
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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a follicle or eyelash mite (Demodex folliculorum), a harmless parasite which lives inside human hair follicles. This mite infests hair follicles (depressions in the skin which contain the roots of hairs) around the eyelids, nose and in the ear canals of humans. Magnification: x233 at 6x7cm size.

