Puce eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-1518 TPX—Puce. Puce Puce is a dark red or purple brown color, a brownish purple or a "dark reddish brown." "Puce" is the French word for "flea". The color is said to be the color of bloodstains on linen or bedsheets, even after being laundered, from a flea's droppings, or after a flea has been crushed. The "Oxford English Dictionary" ("OED") dates the first English use of "puce" as a color to 1778. The name comes from the French word "puce", or flea, which comes from the Latin words for flea, "pulicem" or "pulex". According
Dog flea of the toxicity of flea treatment products have been scientifically studied and are available online from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Dog flea The dog flea ("Ctenocephalides canis") is a species of flea that lives as an ectoparasite on a wide variety of mammals, particularly the domestic dog and cat. It closely resembles the cat flea, "Ctenocephalides felis", which can live on a wider range of animals and is generally more prevalent worldwide. The dog flea is troublesome because it can spread "Dipylidium caninum". Although they feed on the blood of dogs and cats, they sometimes bite humans. They can