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Fun fact: The bubonic plague was from fleas of rodents that killed 25 million from 1665 to 1666.

Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that survive as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by consuming blood, or hematophagy, from their hosts. Wikipedia


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
(unranked): Eumetabola
(unranked): Endopterygota
Superorder: Panorpida
Order: Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825

Can fleas live on humans: Fleas do not live on humans. They generally bite down at the feet, ankles, and legs by jumping from an infested pet or other animal, but it is most likely to be from an infested pet bed.

How long can fleas live in a house: Without a host, adult fleas live only a few days to 2 weeks. On short-haired cats and dogs fleas survive an average of 8 days; they live longer on long-haired animals.

@ApuWildKingdom

Fun fact: Vampire moths have been traced to a Central and Southern European species, Calyptra thalictri, individuals of this species are known to only feed on fruit. Entomologists believe that the Vampire Moth has evolved to feeding on blood vs.

Calyptra thalictri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to the area ranging from Japan and Korea, south to China and Malaysia, west through the Urals to Southern Europe, but it has recently expanded its range to northern Europe. Wikipedia

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calyptra
Species: C. thalictri

Diet: Only the male vampire moths suck blood. The females suck fruit juice and feed on nectar, and the larvae feed on leaves.

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