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Pulex irritans
the most common flea attacking humans
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Ctenocephalides canis, dog flea
flea that attacks dogs and cats
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Ctenocephalides felis, cat flea
flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats
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Tunga penetrans, chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea
small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
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Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight, sticktight flea
parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
