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Adult females of Sarcoptes scabiei mites are 0.30-0.45 mm long by 0.25-0.35 mm wide; males are smaller at 0.20-0.24 mm long by 0.15-0.20 mm wide. Adults live in the skin and are usually found in skin scrapings.
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A, B: Sarcoptes scabiei mites in a skin scraping, stained with lactophenol cotton-blue.
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