pest control:sydney fleas

Appearance:

Adult fleas are about 1.5 to 4.0mm long, brownish or dark reddish-brown, wingless, hard-bodied (difficult to crush between fingers), have three pairs of legs (hind legs enlarged enabling jumping) and are flattened vertically or side to side

Habit:

Fleas can be found in your pets immediate environment especially their favorite resting and sleeping area. Fleas are excellent jumpers, leaping vertically up to 17.5cm and horizontally about 32.5cm.

Diet:

Adult fleas cannot survive or lay eggs without a blood meal, but may live from two months to one year without feeding.

flea larvae pass through three larval stages and take a week to several months to develop. Their food consists of digested blood from adult flea feces, dead skin, hair, feathers, and other organic debris. (Larvae do not suck blood.)

Reproduction:

Adults fleas are known to live from 2 months to a year without a blood feed ,they also reproduce with amazing speed in one month 10 females in the right conditions can generate a population of over 267,000 of offspring.