Talk:Demodex

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Some recent observations: demodex have and annus where you would expect one. One specimen had coloratiion of the digestive tract by some unknown substance, and the mouth and annus were clearly visible. The next day I observed a specimen creating a globular amber colored excretia out of it anus. These observations are with a 10X magnification glass. It is apparent that the literature about this organism needs to be corrected, as it asserts that this arthropod has very efficient digestion and needs no annus. Peoples' sensitivity to this topic is understandable, but I do not believe these misconceptions need to be repeated in Wikipedia.

Theravadaz (talk) 09:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) I question whether this matter is of low importance. I myself have an long time infestation by the organisms which has severely hampered me is some activities. On another "importance" level, the organisms I harbor, no longer conform to the description given. They live on the scrotum. The eyes are sometimes open. I observed one walking quickly--not slowly. I suspect the proboscis mouth part is often inserted directly in a small blood vessel because profuse bleeding when the organism is removed by force. This bleeding suggests an anticoagulant such as used by mosquitos. This suggests a possiblity of communication of common parasites between blood and insect host. My observations have been with a 10X dual lens magnification glass. I have observed perfectly identical "fibers" transfixing some organisms on the same oblique angle. To assert that the population on my body was highly polymorphic, would be a rather unbased relative assertion except that I treated myself with a drug active against invertabrates. When the infestation returned, the organisms under visualization were remarkably uniform and conservative, resembling the classic Demidex type--and without fibers. My point is that there are phenomena here which indicate changes from the descriptions in recent literature that suggest possible transgenic augmentation of selective and adaptive processes. At the very least the literature should be brought up to date or corrected if originally flawed or incomplete. Theravadaz (talk) 13:24, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures of human infestation??

We need some pictures of these mites living in humans. Since they are so small a good picture would probably consist of an overpopulated eyelash resulting in some inflamation —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.193.163.207 (talk) 09:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Life cycle questions needing to be answered

Do males and females typically look alike and have the same lifestyle? How does the male fertilize the female? Where are the eggs stored? How long does it take until they hatch, and then how long does it take until you get adult mites? AxelBoldt 03:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Most of it answered now in the article, from the cited Dermatologica article. AxelBoldt 17:15, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Detection

How can a person tell whether they are hosting D. folliculorum, D. brevis, or both? -GTBacchus^(talk) 00:23, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

The article says you can see them under a microscope on your eyelashes. AxelBoldt 06:37, 11 October 2007 (UTC)