Flea-Covered Clothes
Unfortunately, colonial times were not especially clean or hygienic, which meant that clothes could easily become infested with fleas. There are reports that this was a common problem for early colonists, some of whom complained about bug infestations that included fleas, roaches, mosquitoes, flies, and lice. This meant that victims of infestations either had to constantly pick fleas out of their garments or just accept their unhygienic fate.