Pet plaguers (4)

I believe the answer is:

lice

(Other definitions for lice that I've seen before include "Crawlers" , "Bloodsucking insects" , "Bloodsucking parasitic insect" , "Parasitic insects" , "Wingless bloodsucking parasites" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

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