Follicle mite nymph (Demodex folliculorum) Science Image

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a follicle or eyelash mite nymph (Demodex folliculorum). This harmless parasite lives inside human hair follicles (depressions in the skin containing the roots of hairs). Magnification: x820 at 6x7cm size.