Now on to this week's case - another donation by Florida Fan with a story to go with it:
"While checking the air conditioner outside a rental property for a friend, we were swarmed with these (insert identification here). While they barely measured 2mm in length, they had no difficulty jumping up to our knees and at least an inch or two higher. The blood meal is still evident in the abdomen."
9 comments:
Fleas!!!
Ctenocephalides sp. Pretty prominent pronotal and genal combs.
"Jumpin' Jehosaphat!
It's a flea"
Sez me.
A flea, indeed. I learned from my reading years ago about this highly evolved insect, that it can generate more thrust per mass than the Space Shuttle.
Flea, I do not have a key for speciation!
Lee
Catflea, look at the tibia
Ctenocephilides!
A kind soul shared these two websites with me..(Still can't figure out how they knew it was me!) Anyway, here they are:
http://www.insectexpertphd.com/fleas.aspx
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/Docs/Pictorial_Keys/Fleas.pdf
So my answer now is: Ctenocephalides felis...Cat Flea
Lee
Thank for taking the time to share such a nice information.
AC Repair Waxahachie
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