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FLEAS (Cat and Dog) By: Sarah Robinson
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Description Size: 1/8 inch (3mm) Size: 1/8 inch (3mm) Color: Very Dark Color: Very Dark Wingless Wingless 3 pair of legs, 3 pair of legs, Third pair modified for jumping Third pair modified for jumping Vertically flat like a fish Vertically flat like a fish
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Classification Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta SubClass:: Pterogota Order: Siphonaptera Ctenocephalides Canis (dog fleas) Ctenocephalides Felis (cat fleas)
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Geographic Range EVERY WHERE MAMMALS CAN BE FOUND
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HABITAT THE COOL AND DRIER FALL WEATHER HOUSE PETS MAINTAIN SMALL FLEA POPULATIONS IN THE WINTER NUMBERS WILL INCREASE IN THE SPRING BIGGEST POULATION IN THE SUMMER
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Life History Feeding habits: Flakes of skin Dried Blood Tissue Reproducing males and females must have blood
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Life History Nesting habits: Fleas nest in there host’s hair The host is a mammal of some sort Mostly dogs, cats, and humans
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Life History Reproduction: Males deposit sperm directly into the reproductive organs of the females. The male will clasp on to the sides of a female. With special claspers at the tip of his abdomen he locks his body to the tip of the females abdomen.
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Life History Life Cycle Female fleas lay eggs in host’s hair The egg drops off and hatches into a tiny, hairy worm like larvae. Larvae pupate and new adults find a host immediately and eat They need blood to survive and produce eggs.
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Life History Care of young: Fleas don’t care for there young they lay there eggs and leave Special adaptation: Some believe the third leg was an adaptation so the flea could jump easier and faster, but there's no hard evidence Resent studies: there are no resent studies that I could discover
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References adult flea. (n.d.). Retrieved 2010, from Do it Yourselp pest control: www.pestproducts.com Day, E. (1996). Fleas. Retrieved 2010, from http://sites.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/fleas.h tml Dittmar. (n.d.). About Fleas. Retrieved 2010, from Web.mac.com Fleas: Siphonaptera. (2010). Retrieved 2010, from http://animals.jrank.org/pages/2490/Fleas-Siphonaptera.html Kozhukhov, O. (2007). Everything about fleas. Retrieved 2010, from Everything about: http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropo ds/insects/flea/ Pickering, J. (2010, February 15). Discover Life. Retrieved 2010, from Discover Life: www.discoverlife.org
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