Conceptually similarSPLDog flea on dog hair, SEMSS2787691TA3690Rights ManagedSPLDog flea on dog hair, SEMSS2787693TA3692Rights ManagedSPLDog flea on dog hair, SEMSS2787694TA3693Rights ManagedSPLDog flea on dog hair, SEMSS2787695TA3694Rights ManagedSPLDog flea head, SEMSS2787682TA3681Rights ManagedSPLDog flea, SEMSS2787692TA3691Rights ManagedSPLDog flea, SEMSS2787470TA3469Rights ManagedSPLDog flea head, SEMSS2787681TA3680Rights ManagedSPLDog flea on dog hair, SEMSS2787690TA3689Rights ManagedView AllView more with similar tones Dog flea head, SEMLicense type:Rights ManagedUnique identifier:SS2787484Legacy Identifier:TA3483Description:Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a common dog flea head (Ctenocephalides canis). This flea lives as an ectoparasite on a wide variety of mammals, in particular the domestic dog or cat. This flea serves as the intermediate host of the dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum). Although they feed on the blood of dogs and cats, they sometimes bite humans. They can live without food for several months. Females must have a blood meal before they can produce eggs. Dogs often get infested with fleas through contact with other animals or contact with fleas in the environment. The strong back legs of this insect enable it to jump from host to host or from the environment onto the host. The flea's bite can cause itching for the host but for a sensitive or flea-allergic animal, this itching can be quite severe and leads to hair loss, inflammation and secondary skin infections. Magnification: x63 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimeters.Credit:Dennis Kunkel Microscopy / Science SourceSize:3322px × 2630px (~24 MB)Restrictions:No Sale through SubagentsGet PricingHow Will The Visual Be Used?ShareKeywords:92190a-aminal-animal-antenna-antennae-blood-C032/3751-C0323751-canis-colored-ctenocephalides-disease-dog-ectoparasite-ectoparasites-eye-false-colored-feeder-feeders-flea-fleas-head-host-human-insect-intermediate-invertebrate-invertebrates-mammal-mouth-mouthpart-ocelli-ocellus-pest-pulicidae-sem-seta-setae-siphonaptera-sucking-tapeworm-vectorModel release:N/AParent folder:SPL FTP 170209