What Do Nits Look Like?
If you believe someone in your household may have lice, it’s essential to know how to identify them correctly. Adult head lice are small, wingless parasites—roughly the size of a sesame seed—that live on the scalp and feed on human blood. Unlike mosquitoes, they don’t fly or jump; instead, they move by crawling quickly from strand to strand. Because they are fast and tend to hide close to the scalp, spotting live lice during a quick inspection is often difficult.
In many cases, the first visible sign isn’t the bug itself but the remnants it leaves behind. Parents and caregivers often notice “tiny white specks that won’t brush off,” which resemble dandruff. These are usually empty egg casings—commonly referred to as nits—that remain attached to the hair shaft after the young lice have hatched.
Freshly laid lice eggs appear brown and contain developing insects. Once the eggs hatch, the casings turn white or translucent, making them easier to spot. While people often use the terms “lice eggs” and “nits” interchangeably, the difference lies in whether the egg is still viable. Regardless of the terminology, complete removal of both live bugs and nits is necessary to break the cycle of infestation.
LICE EGG (NIT) PICTURES
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A notable difference between lice eggs (nits) and dandruff is lice eggs are perfectly attached (glued) to only one side of a hair strand and appear to be tear drop shaped. People often say that head lice pictures on the internet don’t look like anything like the real thing. These head lice nit pictures are magnified so that you can see what the lice eggs also known as nits look like both in and out of the hair.
To the layman person nits and lice eggs are the same thing, in the scientific community lice eggs are viable (have a bug inside of them getting ready to hatch) and nits are empty egg casings. Whatever you want to call them – it’s best to remove them all & a difficult task to do on your own.
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