Walter placed pieces of clear packing tape on his forehead and cheeks and examined the remains under a microscope. He spotted one mighty mite with a “full belly.” “Fun fact — Demodex mites ...

A dust mite seen under a microscope The focus turned to the dust mite after a person walked into the laboratory of the Medical Research Institute (MRI) and showed dust particles that were moving on ...

In 1841, while examining human earwax under a microscope, German anatomist Jacob Henry discovered a tiny insect that he later determined to belong to the mite group and named ' demodex.' ...