Chronon Flea
One of the items on the Dr Smith shelf by 2019 was a report by Giles concerning "the dangers Chronon Fleas presented for archives". When Box attempted to read it, she discovered that it had itself been gnawed at by Chronon Fleas. (PROSE: Out of the Box [+]Loading...["Out of the Box (short story)"])
Journalist-649 suspected that the disappearance of all records of the first desktop computer brought onto the Cupid Homeworld, attributed to an internal filing error, may have been caused by a Chronon Flea infestation, or been the result of "Crocodilian interference". (PROSE: "Christmas Calendar Conundrum Cracked!" [+]Part of Christmas Calendar Conundrum Cracked!, Loading...{"namedep":"Christmas Calendar Conundrum Cracked!","1":"Christmas Calendar Conundrum Cracked! (short story)"})
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Chronon Fleas originate in the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids series. There, it was shown that the species' name under the scientific binomial nomenclature was Siphonaptera Retroannalis. Chronon Fleas were presented as parasites present across the Omniverse, drawn to "dimensionally aberrant locations like temporal vortexes or the Void itself". They had the ability to use any writing concerning such places as a way to return there, destroying the piece of writing in the process.
