Description of Eggs

• Lice eggs are called nits

• Nits are oval white cylinders, 1/16 inch long

• Nits are glued to hairs very near the scalp

• Older nits are found far from the scalp due to hair growth

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Nit glued to hair shaft

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White eggs glued to hair

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