. Economic entomology . Burrow of itch mite in human skin with mite at further end. Copied trom Furstenberg. The insect lives in the human skin in little tunnels eaten away by itself. The female, as she works her way, lays her eggs behind her, as may be seen in the accompanying illustration, copied from Furstenberg's work on Itch Mites. We do not know how many she can lay, nor do we well see how that could be ascertained \ but it is said that she lays some every day, and that she may lay as many as fifty. Neither do we see how it can be found out how long they take to hatch, but again it is sa
. Economic entomology . Burrow of itch mite in human skin with mite at further end. Copied trom Furstenberg. The insect lives in the human skin in little tunnels eaten away by itself. The female, as she works her way, lays her eggs behind her, as may be seen in the accompanying illustration, copied from Furstenberg's work on Itch Mites. We do not know how many she can lay, nor do we well see how that could be ascertained \ but it is said that she lays some every day, and that she may lay as many as fifty. Neither do we see how it can be found out how long they take to hatch, but again it is said, from seventy hours to six days. If Furstenberg's illustration may be depended on, which shows a considerable number of empty egg- shells dropped irregularly all along the burrow, and only one unhatched close to the mite, we should imagine that the shorter period was the most probable. The mite changes its skin four times before it attains
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