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by GuiA 2202 days ago
You have similar mites living on your face too.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/21/7250878...

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Human mites are up to 0.016in while cheese mites can be about twice that size 0.028in making them much easier to see.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demodex_folliculorum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrophagus_casei

Yes, illogical though it be, the fact that my eyelash dust might be motile bothers me less than seeing live arachnids in my food.