# Sand flea

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**Sand flea** may refer to:

- [Arthropoda](/source/Arthropoda) of the class [Insecta](/source/Insecta): - [Sandfly](/source/Sandfly) - Chigoe flea *[Tunga penetrans](/source/Tunga_penetrans)*
- [Crustacea](/source/Crustacea) of the class [Malacostraca](/source/Malacostraca): - [Talitridae](/source/Talitridae) - [*Emerita* (crustacean)](/source/Emerita_(crustacean)), also known as mole crab
- [Culicoides furens](/source/Culicoides), a biting midge known colloquially as "sand fleas", particularly in the Southeastern U.S.
- [Operation Sand Flea](/source/Operation_Sand_Flea), US operations in Panama

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