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FLEA

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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).

Posted by on February 14th, 2010 No Comments