House Dust Mite

You may think that you keep your home spotlessly clean. But there will always be opportunities to trigger allergies hide rugs and pillows or floating invisibly in the air. There are several types of mites. The most common is in the southern hemisphere. Whatever their type, all mites much the same.

With its hard shell and scaly claws menacing dust mites house looks really impressive when amplified. In reality, it is smaller than a pinhead and nearly two million could live comfortably in a mattress. Approximately ten percent of the weight of an average pillow is made of shed skin and dust mites.

These creatures also live in carpets and upholstery fabrics such as curtains and sofas. They sink into the plush and cling to clothing, especially wool. They thrive on moisture and fares particularly well in central heating, double glazing houses, sealed against wind and cold. They need the heat, temperatures around 18 degrees Celsius is ideal.

They can not survive when it gets too cold or too hot. Each mite lives for approximately 10 weeks and an adult can lay from 50-80 eggs in the same time. They feed on the scales of skin that fall from the body at a rate of 1 gram per day. They are aptly named as the skin and eat Greek. This is not the mite itself that causes irritation of the respiratory tract, but their droppings, or rather a protein that covers the excrement.

The feces are light, and they remain floating in the air. You whip them in the clouds invisible when you walk on the carpet. We breathe the clouds, causing the trouble.