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Also Known As	Siphonaptera

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Diagram showing the flea life cycle with labeled stages: white oval eggs, wormlike larvae, pupa within a cocoon, and a detailed adult flea, arranged in a circular sequence.

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.

circus: flea master Billy Rayner

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