Fleas

Description

● After each blood meal female fleas can lay 11 to 46 eggs a day on their host animal. Some eggs may fall off from the host after they dry.
● Fleas complete metamorphosis in 4 life stages: egg, larvae, pupae and adult.
● The larvae have three instars, and the third instar pupates.
● The entire life cycle can take from 14 to 174 days depending on environmental conditions.
● Eggs hatch in about 10 days with the developing larvae feeding on the adult feces which contains dried blood.
● Depending on environmental conditions, this can be a period of seven days to several months.
● When mature, they spin silk-like cocoons that contain surrounding debris that aid in camouflaging the pupae.
● Under ideal conditions, adult fleas can emerge from pupae after 5 days.