Where do dust mites thrive? Household mites thrive in warm and humid conditions where there is skin and dander to feed ... drops below 50 per cent the mites dry out and die. They also thrive ...

The British Allergy Foundation says house dust ... the skin cells that is particularly appealing to the mites. After eating this fungus the mites leave microscopic droppings which then dry out ...

You shed about 15 million skin cells each night, but they don't just pile up in your sheets. Because something else is already there waiting to gobble them up: dust mites. And the longer you wait ...

So we asked Hull-Martin and gathered tips from some of the top home blogs about how to rid your fluffy pillows of the dust mites, bacteria, and dead skin cells ... Make sure they dry thoroughly ...