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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 ...
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 ...
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.
There are thousands of types of fleas (there are more than 2,000 species in the world and over 300 in the U.S.) that suck on the blood of animals and people. If you have a dog or cat, you’re ...
Pulicidae. Subfamily: Pulicinae. Genus: Pulex. Linnaeus, 1758. Pulex is a genus of fleas. It comprises seven species. One is the human flea (P. irritans), and five of the others are confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
Several flea species carried the bubonic plague, such as Pulex irritans (the human flea), Xenopsylla cheopis, and Ceratophyllus fasciatus. [14] Xenopsylla cheopis was the most effective flea species for transmission. [14] The flea is parasitic on house and field rats and seeks out other prey when its rodent host dies.
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 ...
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.