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Revision as of 14:02, 29 March 2010
- Commonly called the 'rabbit flea'
- Both genal and pronotal combs present
- Genal comb obviously oblique
- Behaviour synchronised with the reproductive cycle of the rabbit
- Adults spend most of their time off the host taking occasional blood feeds
- Shortly before the doe gives birth the adult fleas attach to the ears of the rabbit and feed producing lots of faeces
- After parturition the adult fleas move onto the kittens where they feed, mate and lay eggs
- The new adult fleas emerge from the pupa before the kittens leave the nest