Get a glimpse of 18 spine-chilling pics featuring bugs that have made themselves at home on our bodies.
The Demodex mite.
Chigoe Fleas can lay eggs and more on your skin.
Lice are ectoparasites that feed on blood.
Sarcoptes scabiei is a microscopic mite. They can cause Scabies, which is often found in hospitals, daycares and nursing homes.
Crab louse are the critters responsible for the crabs STD.
Acanthamoeba are free-living amoebae found everywhere moist, but can spread to the eyes. In rare cases, they can cause dangerous infections.
Chiggers, also known as harvest mites among other names, can latch onto you from many places. The tiny mites only bite when they are larvae.
A Chigger in more detail.
Ringworm isn’t actually a worm but a fungus that infects wherever it comes in contact with you.
Hookworm larvae can enter your body if you accidentally step on feces.
Giardia are tiny parasites that reside in the stomach that you catch from untreated water. They might give you an upset stomach, or nothing at all.
Lactobacilli bacteria live in the crevices of reproductive organs, but surprisingly, help prevent other more stinky bacteria.
Some body lice have evolved along with human clothing.
A tapeworm is a parasite that can grow up to 30 feet long in your intestines. Really gross.
Bellybutton bacteria can actually help prevent more harmful bacterias.
Kissing bugs.
The microscopic bacteria in your gut are crucial to proper digestion.