Ectoparasites include lice, flies, fleas, scabies mites, and ticks that live outside the human body. There are three main types of lice - head lice, body lice, and crab lice - that feed on human blood and are transmitted through close personal contact or sharing personal items. Flies can spread disease as they pick up pathogens while crawling and feeding on human food and waste, then transfering germs wherever they land. Scabies is caused by a burrowing mite transmitted through skin-to-skin contact. Ticks go through life stages of egg, larva, nymph, and adult, with females laying thousands of eggs after feeding and the cycle