Demodex Laying Egg

Watch as this Demodex folliculorum face mite -- collected from the pores of a volunteer and deposited on a microscope slide -- lays an egg on camera (at 400x magnification)! Be sure to keep your eyes on its mid-section at 0:30. Learn more about this project, called Meet Your Mites, and other opportunities to get involved in citizen science at . Video recorded by Daniel Fergus.