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STAGE 2:
'LARVAE' day 7 - 27 |
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Length of Life cycle:
Average 1-6 days but can take up to as long as 20 days
The emerging larvae are blind and will avoid being out in the light. They develop over several weeks by eating pre-digested blood (known as "flea dirt”) that adult fleas pass, along with other organic debris in the environment.
Flea larvae are small, thin and white, almost see-through and legless. Measuring 1 to 2 millimeters in length. Indoors, flea larvae tend to live deep in carpeting or under furniture. Outside, they develop best in shaded areas or under leaves or similar yard debris. Any area of a yard where a pet seeks shelter from the heat or cold is potentially a great environment for fleas.
Larvae make up about 35 percent of the flea population in the average household. If conditions are favorable, the larvae will spin cocoons in about 5-20 days of hatching from their eggs.
This leads to the next life stage, called the cocoon or pupae stage.
Average 1-6 days but can take up to as long as 20 days
The emerging larvae are blind and will avoid being out in the light. They develop over several weeks by eating pre-digested blood (known as "flea dirt”) that adult fleas pass, along with other organic debris in the environment.
Flea larvae are small, thin and white, almost see-through and legless. Measuring 1 to 2 millimeters in length. Indoors, flea larvae tend to live deep in carpeting or under furniture. Outside, they develop best in shaded areas or under leaves or similar yard debris. Any area of a yard where a pet seeks shelter from the heat or cold is potentially a great environment for fleas.
Larvae make up about 35 percent of the flea population in the average household. If conditions are favorable, the larvae will spin cocoons in about 5-20 days of hatching from their eggs.
This leads to the next life stage, called the cocoon or pupae stage.
