fleas

     

Ceratophyllomorpha Hystrichopsyllomorpha Pulicomorpha Pygiopsyllomorpha

Trivia about fleas

  • Even back in 1578, they knew "Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with" these
  • They're what usually passed the Black Death from rats to humans
  • Spot's owner puts a special collar on Spot to keep these insects from jumping onto him
  • The bubonic plague of Medieval Europe was spread by these insects feeding on rats
  • Plague is generally spread from rodents to humans by these insects
  • Dog eczema is usually associated with the presence of these pests
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew points out Rocko's blue collar pedigree.) Some collars have both an insecticide to kill these jumping insects & a growth regulator to attack the eggs
  • Midge & Madge, who star in the Acme Miniature Circus, are 2 of these performing insects
  • Wash your dog with certain green soaps to avoid seeing these pests' "circus"
  • There are more than 10,000 species of this bloodsucker but pulex irritans is the one used in most "circuses"