Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki

A friendly reminder regarding spoilers! At present the expanded Trek universe is in a period of major upheaval with the finale of Picard and the continuations of Discovery, Lower Decks, Prodigy and Strange New Worlds, the advent of new eras in Star Trek Online gaming, as well as other post-56th Anniversary publications such as the new ongoing IDW comic. Therefore, please be courteous to other users who may not be aware of current developments by using the {{spoiler}}, {{spoilers}} or {{majorspoiler}} tags when adding new information from sources less than six months old. Also, please do not include details in the summary bar when editing pages and do not anticipate making additions relating to sources not yet in release. 'Thank You

READ MORE

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki
Register
Advertisement

A flea (order Siphonaptera) was a parasitic Earth insect. Fleas were instrumental in the transmission of Bubonic plague.

In 2156, Major Takashi Kimura compared the voreborers that he and Hoshi Sato encountered to fleas, but Sato vehemently disagreed. (ENT - The Romulan War novel: To Brave the Storm)

In 2267, Leonard McCoy believed the rat Mickey had fleas. (TOS novel: Mission to Horatius)

While in exile on Vulcan, StarfleetAdmiral James Kirk and McCoy both referred to the HMS Bounty as a fleatrap. (TOS movie: The Voyage Home)

Q, while exiled from the Q Continuum in 2366 stated that one of his options as a lifeform was a Belzoidian flea. (TNG episode: "Deja Q")

In the 2250s of the Kelvin timeline, Leonard McCoy was developing a vaccine for external parasites including siphonaptera. (ST video game: Star Trek App)


Template image.
This article is a stub relating to a nonsentient lifeform. You can help our database by expanding on it.

See also[]

External link[]

Advertisement