Cat Flea

Domestic environments, specifically on mammalian hosts like cats, dogs, and in carpets or bedding.

Obligate hematophages (blood-feeders); adults feed on the blood of mammals.

Wingless insects that use powerful hind legs to jump onto hosts. They undergo complete metamorphosis; larvae live in environment feeding on organic debris before pupatating.

Potentially transmit diseases like murine typhus and cat-scratch fever; can cause allergic dermatitis and tapeworm infections in pets. No ecological benefits to humans.