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Health & Fitness

What are Lice?

·         A louse is one bug, lice are plural. Nits are the lice eggs

·         Lice feed on human blood 5-6 times a day for a few hours at a time

·         Lice are wingless bugs that range in size from as small as a pencil point to the size of a small ant. (2mm to 4mm)

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·         A fertile female louse can lay 3-5 waterproof, hard to remove nits 2 times a day

·         Lice do not jump or fly, they only crawl with their 6 legs which have claws at the end designed to cling to the hair shaft

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  • Nits, once removed from the head are harmless

The Nit Nanny Products will kill lice naturally and will prevent them from coming back.

 





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