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Snow flea is a common name for several arthropods, not including true fleas:

  • Boreidae, a family of scorpionflies known as snow fleas in the British Isles, especially:
    • Boreus hyemalis, a species of scorpionfly that crawls on snow
  • Hypogastrura nivicola, a species of springtail known as snow flea in North America
  • Several springtails of the family Isotomidae and the genus Desoria, known as snow fleas in Europe

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Snow flea

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Snow flea is a common name for several arthropods, not including true fleas: Boreidae, a family of scorpionflies known as snow fleas in the British Isles...

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Snow scorpionfly

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Boreidae, commonly called snow scorpionflies, or in the British Isles, snow fleas (no relation to the snow flea Hypogastrura nivicola) are a very small...

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Hypogastrura nivicola

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United States is snow flea, but there are also additional insects called by that name. They are often seen jumping about on the surface of snow on a warm winter's...

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Springtail

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difficult to see by casual observation, but one springtail, the so-called snow flea (Hypogastrura nivicola), is readily observed on warm winter days when...

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Flea

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Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds...

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Hypogastrura tooliki

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Hypogastrura tooliki, the toolik snow flea, is a species of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae. "Hypogastrura tooliki Report". Integrated Taxonomic...

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Glacier flea

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several springtail species that are also called glacier fleas, and which catch the attention on snow surfaces due to their dark body colouring, their hopping...

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Boreus hyemalis

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common name is snow scorpionfly, also known in Britain as the snow flea. It has stubby, grey-brown wings with a metallic sheen. Snow fleas crawl or hop...

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Cat flea

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continually fall like snow out of the haircoat of the host after it has been excreted by the adult fleas as fecal material. Thus, the adult flea population continually...

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Antifreeze protein

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arthropods with six legs. A species found in Canada, which is often called a "snow flea", produces hyperactive AFPs. Although they are also repetitive and have...

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Hypogastrura harveyi

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Hypogastrura harveyi, the snow flea, is a species of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae. "Hypogastrura harveyi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...

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List of examples of convergent evolution

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insects, the yellow mealworm beetle, the spruce budworm moth, and the snow flea." RNA-binding proteins which contain RNA-binding domain (RBD) and the...

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Polyproline helix

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Graham, Laurie A. (2005-10-21). "Glycine-Rich Antifreeze Proteins from Snow Fleas". Science. 310 (5747): 461. doi:10.1126/science.1115145. ISSN 0036-8075...

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Alps

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are a habitat for 30,000 species of wildlife, ranging from the tiniest snow fleas to brown bears, many of which have made adaptations to the harsh cold...

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List of Hypogastrura species

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Hypogastrura gracilis (Folsom, 1899) Hypogastrura harveyi (Folsom, 1902) (snow flea) Hypogastrura hatiparae Babenko in Babenko, Chernova, Potapov & Stebaeva...

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Racemic crystallography

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quasi-racemic X-ray crystallography were used to determine the structure of snow flea anti-freeze protein. In the course of that work it was observed that racemic...

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Snowman

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Japanese Snow Hare | Folklife Today". blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 28 January 2019. Eckstein, Bob The History of the Snowman: From the Ice Age to the Flea Market...

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Anthony Kiedis

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Hollywood. While attending Fairfax High School, Kiedis befriended students Flea and Hillel Slovak, who were members of a band called Anthym. After high school...

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Stephanocircidae

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Stephanocircidae is a family of fleas native to South America and Australia, where they are found on rodents. Subfamily Craneopsyllinae Wagner, 1939 Tribe...

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List of songs recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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250 songs since 1984. Formed in 1982 by vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons, the group recorded their...

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

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formed in Los Angeles in 1982, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. Their music incorporates...

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Organisms at high altitude

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The springtail Hypogastrura nivicola (one of several insects called snow fleas) also lives in the Himalayas. It is active in the dead of winter, its...

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Insecticide

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where the adult is the pest, including mosquitoes, several fly species, and fleas. Two very similar products, hydroprene and kinoprene, are used for controlling...

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Mecoptera

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litter. Snow scorpionflies, family Boreidae, appear in winter and are to be seen on snowfields and on moss; the larvae being able to jump like fleas. Hangingflies...

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