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Do you know if scabies looks lime black specks on your clothing and sheets ?
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Microscopic: The scabies mite is microscopic, so visualization on bedding and clothing would be unlikely. The mite only lives up to 3 days off the human body because it requires a very specific temperature to live and breed.
Answered 11/28/2014
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