Cat Flea

Domestic environments, specifically on mammals like cats and dogs, or in carpets, bedding, and floor cracks.

Obligate hematophages; adults feed on the blood of mammals, while larvae feed on organic debris and adult flea feces (flea dirt).

Adults are excellent jumpers and stay on hosts to feed and mate. Females lay eggs that fall into the environment. They undergo complete metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa, adult).

Significant nuisance pest. Causes itching and allergic dermatitis. They are intermediate hosts for tapeworms and can transmit diseases like murine typhus and cat-scratch fever.