Ceratophyllus gallinae
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Ceratophyllus gallinae - male(click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Olha Schedrina
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Author(s): Olha Schedrina
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank, 1803) - (hen flea)
This flea infests chicken and a variety of other birds in tropical and subtropical regions. It lives, for example, in bird nests. C. gallinae might also bite humans and other mammals. The adults are 2-2½ mm long and dark brown (the specimen in the image at the right has been treated to make it transparent).
