Fig 1.
The molting process of Sarcoptes scabiei (200x).
a: a molting male mite; b: the molted male mite; c: a molting female mite; d: the molted female mite.
Fig 2.
a: a mite bites through the old cuticle. b: a mite goes out from the old cuticle (200x).
Fig 3.
The life cycle of Sarcoptes scabiei (adapted from Arlian and Vyszenski-Moher [2]).
Fig 4.
The mortality of molting Sarcoptes mites and females exposed to 0.1 mg/mL (2h) and 0.05 mg/mL (7h).
The control is molting Sarcoptes mites exposed to 10%MTC. **: P<0.01.