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2. Flea - Wikipedia

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   Aphaniptera. Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about 3 millimetres (8 inch) long, are usually brown, and have bodies that are "flattened" sideways or ...

3. Human flea - Wikipedia

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   The human flea (Pulex irritans) – once also called the house flea[1] – is a cosmopolitan flea species that has, in spite of the common name, a wide host spectrum. It is one of six species in the genus Pulex; the other five are all confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical realms. [2] The species is thought to have originated in South America ...

4. The plague, fevers, tularemia: The diseases fleas can carry ...

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   Although fleas cannot fly, they have developed powerful legs and are famous for being able to jump quite high in proportion to their tiny bodies — more than 100 times their body length, up to a ...

5. Tunga penetrans - Wikipedia

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   Tunga penetrans is a species of flea also known as the jigger, jigger flea, chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea. It is a parasitic insect found in most tropical and sub-tropical climates. In its parasitic phase it has significant impact on its hosts, which include humans and certain other mammalian species.

6. Yersinia pestis - Wikipedia

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   Evidence indicates fleas from other mammals have a role in human plague outbreaks. [27] The lack of knowledge of the dynamics of plague in mammal species is also true among susceptible rodents such as the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), in which plague can cause colony collapse, resulting in a massive effect on prairie food ...

7. How to Tell the Difference Between Fleabites and Mosquito Bites

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   Fleabites vs. mosquito bites. Mosquitos and fleas prefer the same warmer climates, and both of these pesky critters will suck your blood after a bite. (Keep an eye out for these dangerous bugs ...