context: Mating of ticks occurs on the surface of the skin. Immediately after mating, the males die. The fertilized female forms an itch course in the stratum corneum of the skin, in which it lays 2-4 eggs per night. Mites dissolve keratin in the skin using special proteolytic enzymes contained in their saliva (they feed on the lysate formed). Males form short lateral branches in the scabies course of the female. The female's life span does not exceed 4-6 weeks. Larvae hatch after 2-4 days and immediately begin to form passages in the uppermost layer of the skin. After another 3-4 days, the larvae molt and turn into protonymph, which in turn molt after 2-5 days into a teleonymph. Teleonimph develops into an adult male or female in 5-6 days. Total formation of an adult tick occurs in 10-14 days.
question: How long does the scabies tick live?
answers.text: 4-6 weeks