Insect Picture and Article

Flea is insect of the order Siphonaptera which are wingless insects whose mouthparts are adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. Fleas are small (1/16 to 1/8-inch (1.5 to 3.3 mm) long), agile, with dark colored, wingless insects with tube-like mouth-parts adapted to feeding on the blood of their hosts. Fleas are going through the four life cycle stages of egg, larva, pupa, and imago (adult).

Tags: flea, insects, shipanoptera

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