Life Cycle

The Life Cycle

The cat flea is the most prevalent flea species to infest pets around the globe. In order to understand how flea infestations occur, it’s important to have a basic understanding of the flea life cycle.

Please click on the tabs above to learn more about the different stages of the flea life cycle.

The cat flea life cycle has four main stages:

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The adult fleas you see on your pet are only 5% of any flea infestation; the remaining 95% are living as immature stages in your home.

Flea Infestation

Flea Infestation

Flea larvae and pupae usually live deep in the carpet pile. So while vacuuming helps, you will never get all of them. What's more, flea pupae are completely unaffected by household insecticides. That's why prevention really is better than a cure.

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