🎄 #InsectAdvent Day 20 goes to #fleas - #Siphonaptera are highly specialised wingless ectoparasites.
With around 2,600 species worldwide (62 in Britain), fleas show that even the smallest insects can have a massive impact on ecosystems and humankind.
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New research in #RESMedVetEnt
#Rickettsia detection in #fleas associated with cricetid rodents in a periurban area of Argentina
#Siphonaptera #Epidemiology
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Side view of an orange-brown flea. Its head and mouthparts are to the left of picture.
One of five Paraceras melis melis badger fleas found on 22.10.2025 on a badger at Mallydams Wood. This one is a female.
#UKWildlife #Flea #Siphonaptera #Mallydams #HighWeald
Side view of a brown flea with its head facing to the left of picture. Its legs are hanging down, and are covered in spines
A rather handsome male Ctenophthalmus nobilis nobilis flea found on a vole.
#Flea #Siphonaptera #Mallydams #UKWildlife
New research in #RESMedVetEnt
#Flea infestations in companion animals: Challenges in heterogeneous subtropical environments
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70026
#Siphonaptera #InsectVectors #Pets
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New research in #RESMedVetEnt
Host–parasite biogeographic #interactions: Modelling the distribution of Phyllotis xanthopygus rodents complex and their #flea assemblage using the favourability function
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70019
#Biogeography #Siphonaptera #SpeciesDistributions
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an orange-brown ovoid flea; its legs have many spines and are below the body, its head is to the left of picture
A rather handsome human flea (Pulex irritans) that was found on a badger at Mallydams Wood.
#UKWildlife #flea #Siphonaptera
a translucent brown flea; its head is to the left of picture, and its legs hang downward, there are eight rows of comb-like spines arranged horizontally along its back
A handsome female flea Ischnopsyllus octatenus found on a pipistrelle bat at Mallydams Wood. There were three fleas on the bat, one male and two female.
#UKWildlife #Flea #Siphonaptera
a flea with its head to the left of picture
A beautiful female flea - Dasypsyllus gallinulae subsp. gallinulae found in Brede High Woods last week. Another very common flea species with no apparent records in East Sussex!
#UKWildlife #Siphonaptera #Flea #HighWeald
Flea (Siphonaptera) by Rafael Glass
👉 RafaelGlassArt.Etsy.com
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#glass #artlover #artcollector #glassart #artist #art #flameworking #glasssculpture #sculpture #glassfigurines #amazing #awesome #artofinstagram #crafts #gift #handmade #nature #flea #CommonFlea #Siphonaptera #insect #plague
brown flea with yellow legs beneath body, head to the left of picture.
... and a male Hedgehog Flea (Archaeopsylla erinacei) found 6.5.2025. Both this male and the female in previous post were found on an injured juvenile male hedgehog.
#UKWildlife #Siphonaptera #Fleas
brown ovoid flea with yellow legs hanging below body, head to the left of picture
A female Hedgehog Flea (Archaeopsylla erinacei) found 6.5.2025.
#UKWildlife #Siphonaptera #Flea
🔥 Common Flea (Siphonaptera) by Rafael Glass
👉 RafaelGlassArt.Etsy.com
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#glass #artlover #artcollector #glassart #artist #art #flameworking #glasssculpture #sculpture #glassfigurines #amazing #awesome #artofinstagram #gift #handmade #nature #flea #CommonFlea #Siphonaptera #insect #plague
Common Flea (Siphonaptera) by Rafael Glass
👉 RafaelGlassArt.Etsy.com
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#glass #artlover #artcollector #glassart #artist #art #flameworking #glasssculpture #sculpture #glassfigurines #amazing #awesome #artofinstagram #gift #handmade #nature #flea #CommonFlea #Siphonaptera #insect #plague
