Flech

Flechs Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
False colour scanning electron micrograph o a flech. CDC eemage.
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Cless:	Insecta
Subcless:	Pterygota
Infracless:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Endopterygota
Order:	Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825
Suborders
Ceratophyllomorpha Hystrichopsyllomorpha Pulicomorpha Pygiopsyllomorpha
Synonyms
Aphaniptera

Flech or flae is the common name for ony o the wee wingless insects o the order Siphonaptera. Flechs is external parasites, leevin by hematophagy aff the bluid o mammals an birds.

Some weel kent flechs includes:

• Cat flech (Ctenocephalides felis),
• Dug flech (Ctenocephalides canis),
• Human flech (Pulex irritans),
• Northren ratton flech (Nosopsyllus fasciatus),
• Oriental ratton flech (Xenopsylla cheopis).
• Saund-lowper or sea-flech (Orchestia agilis)