>>    1)  First, I would like to know where I can obtain a copy of one of
>> those blownup black & white (microscope) photos of the mite that lives
>> in the eye lash roots of humans.  Also does anyone know the name of this
>> mite?
>
>It is in the genus Demodex (there may be many species, I'm not sure).
>I don't know how close you are to a large library, but a medical
>entomology book will have a picture of it.  I don't have a specific
>reference, sorry.
 
    A fairly complete account of <Demodex>, including black and white
picture, can be found in Walter Ebeling's book, URBAN ENTOMOLOGY (1975,
1978:  Div. of Agricultural Sciences, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley).
 
                                                        Adrian
 
 
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