Pest Organisms / Cat Flea

Identification

for Cat Flea

Adults are tiny — about 1 to 3 mm, up to roughly an eighth of an inch — reddish-brown to nearly black, and wingless. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN137

Their bodies are flattened side-to-side, letting them slip between hairs, and their enlarged hind legs power their jumps. Source: https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/cat-flea/ Source: http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7419.html

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