Fleas are very small wingless insects measuring approximately 2.5mm long that can be identified with ease by any person using the naked eye. Their bodies appear flattened along their sides for visibility while their hind legs have evolved for jumping purposes and can jump as high as 15cm vertically and 40 cm horizontally using long hind legs; flea larvae typically measure three to six long with protruding hair around each body segment and protruding hair encircling each body segment as they transition through these life stages before emerging as adults again to start over these behaviours invasion cycles!
Why am I having Fleas?
Fleas get inside by hitching rides on pets and then move fast to places where people go a lot. Places like pet beds and little openings in walls are perfect hiding spots for them once they’re indoors. Fleas are everywhere because they lay eggs on warm-blooded animals.
As fleas tend to prefer areas densely populated by potential hosts for egg-laying purposes, high humidity, and temperatures facilitate larval development – sometimes forcing pests indoors due to excessively wet weather; and entering homes through attachment to common household pets such as cats. Once inside homes they often gravitate toward frequented by potential host animals as potential host beds or cracks and crevices can serve as suitable hideout spots.
Adult fleas depend on animals with warm blood for their food. Feeding frequency and duration depend on species; their mouthpart has been modified to penetrate the skin, sucking up blood. Flea bites often cause skin irritations; in severe cases, secondary infections may even result. Larvae feed on hair particles and adult flea faeces before becoming adults themselves.
How Long Do Fleas Live
Fleas undergo four distinct stages during metamorphosis – egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Once the adult stage has been reached, fleas typically live 30 to 90 days in total before reaching dormancy again and emerging as adulthood. Adult female fleas feed off blood from hosts after laying eggs that hatch within 2-12 days under ideal conditions; new eggs take between 200-240 days in the larval stage before pupation takes place and typically takes 5-14 days as a dormant stage before emerging back as adults once potential host animals come around before emerging fully adulthood once again from the pupal stage onto adulthood before emerging again before emerging fully adulthood once again from dormant.
How should I worry about fleas?
Fleas can have devastating effects on people and household pets alike. A severe untreated infestation may even kill cats or dogs; at best it causes immense suffering before passing.
Fleas can bring more than just itching to your pet. They can cause other medical problems like cat scratch fever, feline anaemia, and flea allergies. These pesky pests are behind all these issues!
How can I prevent getting fleas?
Why am I getting fleas One effective method to protect oneself against flea infestations is maintaining a tidy home by steam cleaning its carpets frequently – an approach proven effective due to fleas’ habit of spending up to 90% of their time away from hosts, in furniture or carpeting – killing all stages of flea development with each cleaning session and thus mitigating risk in buildings where parasites might not otherwise be visible due to their ability to survive without food for months at a time.
Owners of cats or dogs should regularly examine their animals for flea infestation. There are over-the-counter and vet-prescribed products available to treat flea infestation on pets, though for complete removal an entire house must be treated. Pest Control Ottawa professionals are available for such treatments or any appropriate product may be purchased off-the-shelf from retailers and used according to label instructions for the treatment of individual rooms or spaces in a property. Furthermore, looking out for nests of wild animals on the property helps eliminate fleas while giving pets room to roam free while leaving wild animal nests helps remove fleas while eliminating nesting helps eliminate fleas while giving pets freedom when roaming free while eliminating unwelcome nesting helps eliminate flea infestation. For proper assistance and removal services in dealing with an infestation, Contact our wildlife removal Ottawa specialist immediately.
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