Having a hard time figuring out what you are looking for when you think your kids have lice? This picture of the 3 stages of the head lice life cycle can help.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Head Lice Life Cycle Stages
This picture shows the three stages of the head lice life cycle, including the egg or nit, nymph, and adult louse, as compared to the size of a penny for scale.
Nits, or lice eggs, hatch in about a week. Baby lice or nymphs are about the size of a pinhead when they hatch, and quickly mature into adult lice in about a week. Adult lice can then live for about 30 days, with females laying up to 8 nits a day, repeating the cycle.
Reproduced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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