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

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    On pets, Cohen said flea baths are OK, but not to be used alone as it's only good for the day and kills the adult fleas. The best option, for animals, is a medicated treatment prescribed by a ...

  3. Flea - Wikipedia

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    Most flea infestations come from newly developed fleas from the pet's environment. [6] The flea jump is so rapid and forceful that it exceeds the capabilities of muscle, and instead of relying on direct muscle power, fleas store muscle energy in a pad of the elastic protein named resilin before releasing it rapidly (like a human using a bow and ...

  4. 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]

  5. Flea treatments - Wikipedia

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    Fleas can be drowned by immersion for about 24 hours; they may appear to be dead if immersed for shorter times, but can revive after some hours. [11] Soaps and surfactants can facilitate the death of fleas in bathing. The process of washing the flea (and the pet) removes integumental waxes on the flea's body and it dies from dehydration. [12 ...

  6. Dog flea - Wikipedia

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    Controlling flea infestations implies not only the pet has been cured and the fleas living on it are killed, but environment in which the pet lives is free of these parasites. Of all these, removing the fleas from the pet may be the easiest and simplest step given the many products especially designed to kill fleas available on the market.

  7. 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.

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