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Flea (other)
A flea is a parasitic insect. Flea may also refer to: People *Flea (musician), the stage name of Michael Balzary, bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers *Darryl Virostko, professional surfer nicknamed "Flea" *Flea, the former alias of Australian hip-hop artist and Lgeez Lgeez are an Australian hip hop music duo formed by Alex Jones (from Melbourne) and Son of Sam (from Sydney) in 2014. Their debut album ''Cloud 9'' was released in October the same year. Career Prior to 2014, Alex Jones used the rap aliases Fle ... member Alex Jones Literature and fiction *The Flea (poem), ''The Flea'' (poem), a poem by John Donne *The Flea (character), a character from the animated TV series ''¡Mucha Lucha!'' *The Flea (fairy tale), a fairy tale by Giambattista Basile *Flea (Chrono Trigger), a video game character *Fleas (poem), "Fleas" (poem), a common alias for "Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes" *"Fleas (The Good Wife)", a first season episode of ''The Good Wife'' Other uses *Cat flea, ''Cte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flea
Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, are usually brown, and have bodies that are "flattened" sideways or narrow, enabling them to move through their hosts' fur or feathers. They lack wings; their hind legs are extremely well adapted for jumping. Their claws keep them from being dislodged, and their mouthparts are adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. They can leap 50 times their body length, a feat second only to jumps made by another group of insects, the superfamily of froghoppers. Flea larvae are worm-like, with no limbs; they have chewing mouthparts and feed on organic debris left on their hosts' skin. Genetic evidence indicates that fleas are a specialised lineage of parasitic scorpionflies (Mecoptera) ''sensu lato'', most closely related to the family Nannochor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
