Longest Jump By A Flea | Guinness World Records

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Contact an Account Manager Apply Now Who Human flea, Pulex irritans What 33 centimetre(s) Where Not Applicable When 1910 In one American experiment carried out in 1910, a specimen of the Common flea (Pulex irritans), allowed to leap at will, performed a long jump of 33 cm (1 ft 1 in) and a high jump of 19.7 cm (7.75 in). In jumping 130 times its own height a flea subjects itself to a force of 200 g.

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