What are cheese mites?

[princessemma]

What are cheese mites?

[Gliondrach]

Tiny mites that live on cheese. All cheese is supposed to have them crawling over it and eating it - and leaving their bodily wastes in it.

There's a nice illustration of one on the following site, it's the second one down:

http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th7g.htm

[Troutina]

It's strange- I have only been vegan for around 2 months or so but now when I see cheese, I really think it looks horrid. My stomach turns!
Even on pizza, which I never thought would happen!!

All this talk of mites is giving me the itchies *shivver*

[Peas'nHominy]

Oh-my-GOSH!!!

[sinister kungfu]

Oh-my-GOSH!!!

It's not like your entire body isn't covered in the things anyway. Mites are more or less unavoidable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demodex

[Peas'nHominy]

It's not like your entire body isn't covered in the things anyway. Mites are more or less unavoidable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demodex

I know. They teach about that kind of stuff in the 5th grade. They don't say anything about the cheese, though. I just hadn't heard about that one yet.

Are you vegan? It looks like this is your first post.

[sinister kungfu]

I know. They teach about that kind of stuff in the 5th grade. They don't say anything about the cheese, though. I just hadn't heard about that one yet.

Are you vegan? It looks like this is your first post.

I am, and it is. I've lurked for a while but I just got around to registering yesterday.

[Roxy]

Yuck! But it also says the cheese mite can live in flour or corn too! Ha-Ha ADAM - do you think it could be related to.............

THE BISCUIT WEEVIL?