What Is A Nit?


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What Is A Nit?

What is Nit and What is a Live Louse?

Nits (the eggs of the head louse) are small yellowish-white, oval-shaped eggs that are glued to the side of a hair shaft at an angle.
Nits must be laid by live lice. You cannot catch nits.
Once laid, it takes 7-10 days for a nit to hatch, another 7-10 days for the female to mature and begin laying her own eggs.
Head lice are clear in color when hatched, and then quickly develop a reddish-brown color after feeding.
Head lice are about the size of sesame seeds.
Head lice have six legs equipped with claws to grasp the hair.
Head lice are crawling insects. They cannot, hop, jump or fly.
Head lice do not live on pets.
Head lice are small, wingless insects which feed on human blood. They need human blood in order to survive.
Head lice live for approximately 30 days on a host and a female louse may lay up too 100 nits (eggs).
Head lice cannot live without a human host. In most cases, a head louse will not survive for more than 24-36 hours off of its host.