Flea & Bedbug Amal Almuhanna 2012 Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) Bedbugs
are parasi tic insects that feed on blood and prefer human blood, but will also feed on chickens and other
animals. Feeds on humans when they are sleeping or sitting Scientific classification Kingdom:- Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda Class:- Insecta Order:- Hemiptera Suborder:Heteroptera Family:- Cimicidae
ex: Cimex Cimex lectularius Life cycle of bed bug
Life cycle Photograph of bed bugs mating Life cycle
Bedbug Nymph of bedbug Bedbug bites on human
Dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis) Is a species of flea (Siphonaptera) that lives primarily on the blood of dogs. The dog flea is troublesome
because it can spread Dipylidium caninum. Although they feed on the blood of dogs and cats, they sometimes bite humans. They can live without food for several months, but females
must have a blood meal before they can produce eggs. Scientific classification Kingdom:- Animalia Phylum:- Arthropoda Class:- Insecta Order:- Siphonaptera
Family:- Pulicidae Genus:- Ctenocephalides Ctenocephalides canis
Life cycle Under microscope Female(top)& male(below)
Head front Female Male Rat Fleas
The rat flea is a minute parasite that feeds on the blood of rodents. They are known carriers of a
variety of diseases and are considered the cause for the spread of the bubonic plague. Infection is transmitted after a flea feeds from an infected rodent and then bites a human.
Through biting, rats also transmit the diseases carried by rat fleas. Scientific classification
Kingdom:- Animalia Phylum:- Arthropoda
Class:- Insecta Order:- Siphonaptera Family:- Pulicidae Genus:- Xenopsylla Xenopsylla cheopis Rat Flea)
(Oriental Life cycle Life cycle Xenopsylla cheopis (Oriental Rat Flea)
Cat flea The cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, is one of the most abundant and widespread species of flea on Earth.
The cat flea is a small, sucking, insect of the order Siphonoptera. The cat flea's primary host is the domestic cat, but the cat flea is also the primary flea infesting dogs in most of the world.
The cat flea can also maintain its life cycle on other carnivores and on omnivores. Scientific classification Kingdom:-
Animalia Phylum:Arthropoda Class:- Insecta Order:Siphonaptera Family:Pulicidae Genus:-
Life cycle Life cycle Ctenocephalides felis Human flea
The human flea, Pulex irritans, is a cosmopolitan flea species. This species bites many
species of mammals and birds, including domesticated ones. Human blood is the preferred food of Pulex irritans, but it will feed on other mammals.
Scientific classification Kingdom:- Animalia Phylum:Arthropoda Class:- Insecta
Order:Siphonaptera Family:- Pulicidae Genus:- Pulex Life cycle Pulex irritans
Abdomen of female Female Head side
Male Pulex irritans
