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Fleas

Any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera that have legs adapted for jumping and are parasitic on warm-blooded animals.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cat Flea
Ctenocephalides felis

Characteristics – 
iny insects measuring about 1/6-inch in length and are laterally flattened. The typical reaction to flea bites in humans is the formation of a small, hard, red, slightly raised, itching spot with occasional bleeding. The single puncture point caused by the flea's mouth is generally apparent in the center of each spot. This characteristic distinguished flea bites from the bites and stings of most other arthropods.

Color: Reddish brown.