Louse egg capsule attached to single strand of hair

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Louse egg capsule attached to single strand of hair. Macroscopic Solutions. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Photomacrograph of a louse egg capsule attached to a single strand of hair. Lice belong to the order Phthiraptera which are a group of small wingless parasitic insects. Female lice lay eggs (nits) in sacs which firmly attach to individual strands of hair. Width of image is 0.8 mm.

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