A small mite living predominantly in houses and obtaining sustenance from a range of organic detritus such as the scales shed from human skin. The most common dust mite in the UK is Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus. Although they are directly harmless to...

The house dust mite (sometimes abbreviated by allergists to HDM), is a cosmopolitan guest in human habitation. Dust mites feed on organic detritus such as flakes of shed human skin and flourish in the stable environment of dwellings. In nature they are...