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Human Flea
Introduction
Scientific Name: Pulex irritans
Family: Pulicidae
Order: Siphonaptera
Status: Minor pest
Distribution: Rarely present in the houses.
Description of Stages
Eggs: White, relatively large, ovoid and 1/50 inch long
Larva: Slender, whitish about 1/6 to 1/4 inch long,
with small pale brown head and without legs and eyes.
Body is plainly segmented and covered with very long
hairs. Chewing mouthparts
Pupa: Small, oval and white silken cocoon
Adult: Hard skinned, very spiny, extraordinary thin
from side to side, with piercing sucking mouthparts,
concealed antennae, no wings and very large legs for
jumping
Damage
 Fleas bite is not felt immediately but it increases
irritation and sore for several days or week
 Fleas spread plague from rat to man
 It is an important vector of it
 They transmit infection by regurgitating bacilli in
stomach contents through proboscis during feeding
 Fleas are the principle vectors of Maurine or
endemic typhus from rats to man
Control
 Destruction of rats and other rodents.
 The cats may be encouraged.
 Wire cages may be employed.
 Use of zinc phosphide pellets.
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HUMAN FLEA.pptx

  • 1.
  • 3. Introduction Scientific Name: Pulex irritans Family: Pulicidae Order: Siphonaptera Status: Minor pest Distribution: Rarely present in the houses.
  • 4. Description of Stages Eggs: White, relatively large, ovoid and 1/50 inch long Larva: Slender, whitish about 1/6 to 1/4 inch long, with small pale brown head and without legs and eyes. Body is plainly segmented and covered with very long hairs. Chewing mouthparts Pupa: Small, oval and white silken cocoon Adult: Hard skinned, very spiny, extraordinary thin from side to side, with piercing sucking mouthparts, concealed antennae, no wings and very large legs for jumping
  • 5.
  • 6. Damage  Fleas bite is not felt immediately but it increases irritation and sore for several days or week  Fleas spread plague from rat to man  It is an important vector of it  They transmit infection by regurgitating bacilli in stomach contents through proboscis during feeding  Fleas are the principle vectors of Maurine or endemic typhus from rats to man
  • 7.
  • 8. Control  Destruction of rats and other rodents.  The cats may be encouraged.  Wire cages may be employed.  Use of zinc phosphide pellets.