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2. 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.

3. Fact check: Are sand fleas biting you on the Myrtle ... - AOL

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   The mole crab’s relative, the sand flea, is less than a quarter of an inch long and has pincers like crabs. Also called landhoppers or sandhoppers, they can pinch people sitting in the sand.

4. Biting flies are out in the Myrtle Beach area. Why now & how ...

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   Lying out in the sand in the Myrtle Beach area, you might also get bites from no-see-ums, also called biting midges and sand fleas, and horse flies. Like humans, these pests are likely enjoying ...

5. Tungiasis - Wikipedia

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   Tungiasis is an inflammatory skin disease caused by infection with the female ectoparasitic Tunga penetrans, a flea also known as the chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, jigger, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea (and not to be confused with the chigger, a different arthropod).

6. Here's Everything You Need to Do to Get Rid of Fleas in ... - AOL

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   Don't let fleas take over your house. Follow these expert tips on how to get rid of fleas on pets (dogs included!), furniture, bedding and even in your yard.

7. Talitridae - Wikipedia

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   Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods are not siphonapterans (true fleas ), do not bite people, and are not limited to sandy beaches.

8. Where do fleas come from? The pests pose problems for both ...

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   Fleas typically live longer, Cohen said, as people focus on what they find on their pets but not the home. "Treating the environment is the most difficult part to treat as you have to wait for the ...

9. Sand flea - Wikipedia

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   Sand flea may refer to: Arthropoda of the class Insecta: Sandfly; Chigoe flea Tunga penetrans; Crustacea of the class Malacostraca: Talitridae; Emerita, also known as mole crab; Culicoides furens, a biting midge known colloquially as "sand fleas", particularly in the Southeastern U.S. Operation Sand Flea, US operations in Panama