Greenville, North Carolina Flea Treatment | Flea Extermination
Flea infestations are most likely to occur during the summer months of the year in our Eastern North Carolina and Greenville climate. A flea population will start building up where your pet normally rests and slepts. One flea can lay 50 – 60 eggs a day. Rapid flea infestation developments when temperture and humidity rises to the needed levels.
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Flea Facts:
- One flea can lay 50 – 60 eggs a day.
- Fleas are parasites and feed on blood.
- Fleas can live up to 100 days.
- One flea can bite up to 400 times a day.
- A flea can jump 8 – 12 inches.
How Long Can A Flea Live?
A flea can live a year and a half under ideal conditions. These include a good host for feed, temperature, and humidity. Generally, an adult flea will live 2 to 4 months. Without a host for food, a flea might die in just a few days.
Flea Cycle
In any flea infestation, there are four stages of the flea live cycle present: The egg, larva, cocoon, and adult. While the adult is the most visible stage of flea development, it accounts for only 1% of a flea infestation.
Adult female fleas feed then lay their eggs on a host, up to 50 eggs a day. Their eggs make up 34% of the typical flea infestation. Flea eggs fall off the host into the carpet where they hatch into worm-like larvae after 10 days. Larvae make up the majority of a flea population, as much as 57%. After feeding for 5 – 11 days, they begin to produce a silk-like cocoon and enter the pupil stage. New flea adults usually emerge from the pupal stage in 8 days.
Building a flea control trap
Building a flea monitoring trap is easy, place a bowl of water beneath a plugin night light. Fleas are attracted to the light and will jump into the bowl of water. Once in the bowl, they will be unable to get out. By using this method you will be able to test and monitor your rooms for future flea infestations.
Interior flea treatment Preperation:
- Pick up all pest & child toys, clothes on the floors.
- Wash all pest bedding, including blankets for pets.
- Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum all floors being treated. Throw away vacuum bags and clean the vacuum cleaner.
- Remove all animals from home for 2 hours during treatment.
- Have pest washed or flea dipped at the time of treatment.
- Vacate the property for at least two hours while treatment is performed.
- Make sure the treatment is dry when returning.
- Upon returning, vacuum and sweep all treated areas again. Dispose of or clean out the vacuum cleaner.
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