without a host?
2007-03-08 21:57:55 · 2 answers · asked by Terri L 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
40-50 days, through 3 stages:
Eggs: The female louse lays the egg with a special glue that cements it to the hair near the root. The eggs develop and hatch approximately 10 days later.
Nymphs: Once the louse hatches, it is called a nymph and is barely visible to the naked eye. The nymph cannot reproduce because it is not fully developed. After about 12 days, it becomes an adult.
Adults: The adult louse can lay up to 4-10 eggs a day - starting another generation of lice. The adult stage lasts about 28 days.
If a lice falls off human, it lives up to 1-2 days.
2007-03-08 21:59:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
been there and done that, its hard to get rid of with the crap at the stores you have to clean the whole house over and over bed sheets and everything, my daughter got lice from school and its a pain to get rid of, you dont have to worry about the live lice you have to worry about the eggs that hatch and that is two weeks then they live 2 to 3 days without a host
2007-03-09 08:52:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋