cat flea

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Detailed labeled illustration of a cat flea (Siphonaptera) showing its segmented body with head, thorax, and abdomen, along with key features such as mouthparts, eye, genal and pronotal combs, spiracle, clasper, and segmented legs with coxa, femur, tibia, tarsus, and tarsal claws.

cat flea

insect

Also known as: Ctenocephalides felis

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…people and livestock include the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), the so-called human flea (Pulex irritans), the dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis), the sticktight flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), and the jigger, or chigoe, flea (Tunga penetrans). Poultry may be parasitized by the European chicken
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…people and livestock include the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), the so-called human flea (Pulex irritans), the dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis), the sticktight flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), and the jigger, or chigoe, flea (Tunga penetrans). Poultry may be parasitized by the European chicken
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