Corbett Pest Identification
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Bedbugs  |  Carpet Beetles  |  Pantry & Stored Food Pests  |  Fleas  |  Ants & Termites
Flies  |  Cockroaches  |  Lice  |  Rats & Mice  |  Stink Bugs

FLEAS

• Fleas may attack a variety of warm-blooded animals including dogs, humans, chickens, rabbits, squirrels, rats and mice.
   
• Female can lay 500 eggs over a period of several months by laying batches of 3-18 eggs at a time.
   
• Tiny white eggs hatch in 1-12 days.
   
• White larva avoids light and feed on particles of dead animal or vegetable matter in cracks and crevices.
   
• Within 7-14 days 3rd stage is completed and larva spins a tiny cocoon and pupates.
   
• After 1 week adult flea emerges and begins search for blood.
   
• Fleas can remain in pupal stage from 5 Days to 5 Weeks
  • Adults emerge from pupal case when vibrations from pets or humans let them know a host is near.
  • People returning to an unoccupied home may suddenly be attacked by fleas.
   
• Must feed on blood to reproduce, however adults can live for long periods without feeding.
   
• Fleas CANNOT go through several generations without a blood meal.
   
• Many people do not react to flea bites at all while others are sensitive and suffer severe allergic reactions.
   
• Fleas may also vector plague, typhus, and tularemia.
   
• Pet owners must
  • Treat Pet
  • Treat the Premises
   
• Frequent cleaning and vacuuming.
   
• Flea infestations become evident when infested pet is removed, the fleas overrun the home.
   
• Pets must not be allowed to access infested areas outdoors.