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The life cycle for Head lice is fairly simple -
Egg -> Nymph -> Adult
Nits, or lice eggs, hatch in about a week. Baby lice or nymphs are about the size of a pinhead when they hatch, and quickly mature into adult lice in about a week. Adult lice can then live for about 30 days, with females laying up to 8 nits a day, repeating the cycle.
Reproduced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt depends on why kind of lice you're interested in knowing about.
The CDC has a good explanation of the 3 human lice: head lice, scabies (body lice) and pubic lice
http://www.cdc.gov/lice/index.html
Another good resource is from Dr. Richard Pollack of Harvard:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/headlice.html
This site has good information on the lifecycle of a head louse from being laid as an egg (nit) to how long they can survive:
http://parapro.com/lifecycle.aspx
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Do lice have special characteristics?
Lice are parasitic insects. The life cycle of the head louse has three stages: nit, nymph, and adult. The life cycle of a single louse from egg to egg is about 1 month.
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