2006-09-26 09:44:26 · 30 answers · asked by Dot 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Nits are louse eggs. It's the lice that eat and they live on your blood and lay eggs (nits).
2006-09-26 09:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by Dragon Empress 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nits are head lice eggs.
The nit hatches into a baby louse called a nymph. It looks like an adult head louse, but is smaller. Nymphs mature into adults about 7 days after hatching. To live, the nymph must feed on blood. It metamorphoses 3 times before it reaches the adult stage. Most head lice at this stage are almost transparent until they have eaten (sucked blood from a human skin). Then they can be seen more easily since it will be possible to see the tiny amount of red or brown blood in their stomach. With the barenaked eye, it will appear like a small red dot usually about 0.5 mm or less in diameter. With a magnifying glass or microscope it is possible to see their head, legs, and digestive system with the blood that was ingested since they are quite transparent at this stage.
Females lay nits (a few hundreds of eggs); they are usually larger than males. To live, adult lice need to feed on blood.
Please see the webpages for more details and images on Head louse.
2006-09-27 03:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nits are the egg cases of headlice (hatched or otherwise), so they don't eat anything. When the lice hatch they suck blood through the scalp and live off that.
2006-09-27 02:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nits don't eat anything. They are the eggs of head lice (Pediculosis capitis). Head lice live on blood which they extract from biting into the scalp.
2006-09-26 14:28:05 · answer #4 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the nits I've seen they are usually eating big macs.
2006-09-26 09:48:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nits don't eat anything, as they are unhatched eggs of hair lice. It's the nasty little lice who feed, boring into your head and feasting on the blood. Hateful little brutes!
2006-09-27 03:41:47 · answer #6 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nits are the eggs of fleas. Fleas eat your blood. The more the Fleas eat, the more eggs they lay to hatch out as Fleas....
2006-09-26 09:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by blondie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know a nit (twit) he likes cheese sandwiches.
2006-09-26 09:47:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nits are the eggs of the hair louse and they feed on blood
2006-09-26 09:53:00 · answer #9 · answered by Quizard 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nits are eggs lice are the parents and they eat blood, i shave all our heads if bad infestation my hubby bricks it, when i shave my head why?
2006-09-26 10:09:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋