Lice also produce feces that looks like black dust. So, another sign is a little bit of dark, dust-like stuff on children ' s scalp, pillow or shirt collars. The entomologist believes every parent should own a magnifying glass C which should prove just as useful in removing bee stingers and ticks as it is in recognizing lice. One reason lice are hard to identify is that they ' re tiny. Adult lice range in color from dirty white to grayish black.
Nits start out yellowish white and gradually become coffee-colored.
All like to stay close to the scalp in a human ' s hair, where they can be difficult to see. They usually won ' t roam into eyebrows or eyelashes unless driven by a large lice population. Added to that is the fact that most lice infestations include only a few dozen lice C although cases of much heavier infestations are on the books. You don ' t want to put your child through insecticidal treatments if he ' s just got dandruff. In that case, children often scratch until the abrasions get infected.