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    (c) Илья Оголь, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) laboratorio diagnostica ancona IZSUM, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Matthew Wixon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Chalon Boesel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Joshua Lincoln, all rights reserved

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Scabies Mite

Sarcoptes scabiei

Worldwide
214 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Sarcoptes scabiei or the itch mite is a parasitic arthropod that burrows into skin and causes scabies. The mite is found in all parts of the world. Humans are not the only mammals that can become infected. Other mammals, such as wild and domesticated dogs and cats (in which it is one cause of mange) as well as ungulates, wild boars, bovids, wombats, koalas, and great apes are affected.

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