Budding Gardeners

Events for children in Indiana can be found on the
Budding Gardener Events page.

Here's a fun garden or nature drawing for children,
our Budding Gardeners, to color and learn about:

The Human Flea (Pulex irritans) is a wingless insect that attacks humans, but it will also live on the blood of many other animals. It is a major cause of the spread of disease. Infestations of human fleas are less of a problem in societies where personal hygiene dictates frequent bathing and adequate clothes laundering. Fleas are small, black to brownish-black insects. They have stout, spiny legs, adapted for leaping, and short, 3-jointed, clubbed antennae that fit into depressions along the sides of the head. Their potentially long pupal stage, besides the fact that adult fleas can live without food for remarkably long periods, accounts for the fact that people may enter a house after it has been unoccupied by humans or pets for months, yet be rapidly and severely attacked by fleas. Depending on the species and weather conditions, 2 or 3 weeks to as many months, and rarely as long as 2 years, are required for many species of fleas to complete a life cycle.

Human Flea drawing to print out and color

Click on pictures to enlarge

Source: Jan Sovak,
Dover Publications,
and the Internet

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	Revised: February 06, 2012