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| Also known as:
| '''European chicken flea
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===Scientific Classification===
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| Class
| Insecta
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| Order
| Siphonaptera
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| Family
| Ceratophyllidae
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==Hosts==
Poultry, dogs, cats and humans.
==Identification==
''C. gallinae'' are around 2mm. They have pronotal combs, but no genal combs.
==Life Cycle==
This flea spends most of its time amongst the material comprising the host's nest, and only spend short periods of time on the host, whilst feeding.
The larvae feed on detritus, which is found on the host nest. The larvae take several weeks to develop, going through 3 transformations. They then enter the pupae stage, developing in a silk coccon.
Emergence from pupae is mainly triggered by rising temperatures.
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