Flea Facts
Did you know….
- Adult Fleas use heat to find warm-blooded hosts to develop and reproduce.
- Severe flea infestations can cause intense itching, skin lesions, anemia, weight loss and restlessness.
- Fleas transmit tapeworms and are known carriers of diseases like tularemia, murine, typhus and the plague.
- Eggs are laid on the host and fall off into pet bedding and other areas of your home.
- Eggs hatch within a few days, and larvae head towards dark places around your home and feed on “flea dirt” — secretions of partially digested pet blood.
- Larvae grow, molt twice, then spin cocoons where they pupate.
- Adult fleas emerge from the cocoons, hop onto a host, feed, mate and begin the life cycle all over again.
Learn more about flea prevention.
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