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  2. Flea - Wikipedia

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    Flea legs end in strong claws that are adapted to grasp a host. [1] Unlike other insects, fleas do not possess compound eyes but instead only have simple eyespots with a single biconvex lens; some species lack eyes altogether. [2] Their bodies are laterally compressed, permitting easy movement through the hairs or feathers on the host's body.

  3. Category:Fleas - Wikipedia

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    Српски / srpski; Suomi; Svenska; ... Tunga (flea) Tunga penetrans; U. Uropsylla tasmanica This page was last edited on 7 October 2022, at 10:30 (UTC ...

  4. Pulicidae - Wikipedia

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    Pulicidae feed on mammalian blood. Ctenocephalides felis felis is also known as the cat flea, and is an extremely important parasite of domestic cats and dogs. They prefer to feed on areas round the head and neck of a cat, rather than the ventral part of the body. [4]

  5. 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 ]

  6. Pulex - Wikipedia

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  7. Flea treatments - Wikipedia

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    Flea adults, larvae, or eggs can be controlled with insecticides. Lufenuron is a veterinary preparation (known as Program) that attacks the larval flea's ability to produce chitin, necessary for the adult's hard exoskeleton, but it does not kill fleas. Flea medicines need to be used with care because many of them also affect mammals.

  8. Claw - Wikipedia

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    A domestic cat's retractable claw in protracted position. A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as they walk.

  9. Diplostraca - Wikipedia

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    The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, is a superorder of small, mostly freshwater crustaceans, most of which feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter, though some forms are predatory.