Siphonaptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Flora and Fauna
Siphonaptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Flora and Fauna
Fleas are small, wingless, laterally compressed blood sucking insects. Most fleas are mammalian ectoparasites but a few parasitize birds. About 2400 species are known. Like most parasites, fleas are highly derived and specialized. The mouthparts are adapted for piercing and sucking and mandibles are lacking. The cuticle is sclerotized and hard and the entire body surface is protected by sclerites.
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Ctenocephalides felis: Cat Fleas - Research project by Hoi King Kwong on these parasites including their classification, morphology, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.
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Siphonaptera: Fleas - The characteristics of these wingless insects, their life cycle, feeding and habitat, with illustrations.
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The Black Death: Culprit: The Oriental Rat Flea - About the flea and the disease.
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Tunga penetrans - Photograph of the sand flea or chigger, with its identifying features. Click to enlarge.
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Xenopsylla brasiliensis - Photograph of this flea. Click to enlarge.
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Flea News - A biannual newsletter devoted to mostly bibliographic information about fleas.
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Insecta Inspecta World - The Common Cat Flea - Taxonomy, anatomy, jumping skills, reproduction, and control of the cat flea.
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Insect Insights: Flea Circus - Photographic study by Dave Walker of these insects.
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Ctenocephalides felis - Several photographs of the cat flea, its larvae and pupae. Click to enlarge.
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Flea Circus Research Library - Flea Circuses and performing fleas in history, film and fiction. Including a directory of real and "humbug" flea circus performers.
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Fleas (Siphonaptera) - Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (St.Petersburg, Russia) presents information on morphology, biology, distribution and importance of fleas (Class Insecta: Order Siphonaptera).
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Ctenocephalides: Cat and Dog Fleas - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, external anatomy and life cycle of these wingless insects.
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Fleas: What they Are and What to Do - Photographs and a description of fleas, their identification, life cycle, biology, problems associated with them, and all aspects of flea control.
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Integrated Flea Control - University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County factsheet and audio on flea biology and control.
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Fleas - Article by P.G. Koehler about flea biology with photographs and information on their control.
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Pulex irritans - Photograph of the human flea with its identifying features. Click to enlarge.
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Ctenocephalides canis - Photographs of the dog flea. Click to enlarge.
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Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans: Cat Flea and Human Flea - Photograph of a flea, with information on its hosts, life cycle and description.
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Ctenocephalides felis: Cat Flea - Photographs and a description of this flea, its distribution, life cycle, medical and economic significance and management.
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Introduction to the Siphonaptera - A brief introduction to fleas by UCMP Berkeley, with photograph.
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