The Flea's life cycle

In their lifetime, fleas go through several life stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult flea (imago).

The life cycle begins with the female flea laying eggs. Fleas prefer dark, humid and hidden places.

It's very common that the flea lays its eggs on the choosen host (cat, dog, rabbit) but, because the flea's eggs are oval shaped they easily roll onto the ground. That's because the areas where the host lives, sleeps and rests are often infested with fleas too. Usually it takes from two days to two week for the eggs to hach.

After the flea larvae has emerged from the eggs it seeks any available organic material for feeding. Because they are blind, they avoid sunlight, prefering dark and hidden places. That's why sunlight is one of the most powerful tools aginst fleas!

After 3 larval stages the larvae usually goes into the next phase (pupae) and weaves a silken cocoon. After that, within 1 to 2 weeks, the adult flea is developed and leaves the cocoon.

It's interesting, though, that they sometimes rest during this pupal period waiting for the right host to appear. It's even possible for fleas to overwinter in the larval or pupal stage.

After the flea has fully developed it must find fresh blood to feed itself, because without it reproduction is not possible. There is a timeframe of around 1 week from the time they have emerged from the cocoon to find fresh blood.

Once fresh blood is found, adult fleas can survive even a year without food.

Usually the total life cycle of the flea lasts some two weeks, but if the environment is favorable it can last a couple of months.

During their life time fleas can lay around 500 eggs and more.

Before choosing a flea repellent, make sure it's effective against all four flea's life stages, that it's 100% efficient in killing fleas and that is very quick acting. All this is needed to break the flea's life cycle.

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Frontline Plus provides flea, flea egg, chewing lice and tick protection for your cat.

Frontline plus can be used on cats aged 8 weeks and older.

This very efficient product is sold in 3 or 6-dose packages, providing you with a protection for your cats enough for 3 or 6 months. Frontline plus needs to be applied once a month.

Frontline Plus kills the existing fleas in 24 hours, and continues to do so for the entire month. Frontline plus is very efficient against flea eggs and larvae. This is very important because in this way the flea's life circle is destroyed, preventing further infestations.

Read here if you want to know more about the flea's life cycle!

As far as ticks are concerned, Frontline plus destroys 4 different types of ticks (in all life stages), including the ones that cause Lyme disease.

Frontline Plus is waterproof, so you don't have to reapply it if your cat gets wet.

The application of Frontline Plus is very easy and simple. It takes just three steps:

1. You have to remove the applicator from the package, expose the foil or just lift the plastic tab and then peel down the foil.
2. Then you need to open the applicator and, while holding it upright, snap the tip keeping it away from your face and body.
3. Placing the applicator to the cat's skin in the area between the shoulder blades, apply te product squeezing the applicator and applying the entire dose in the same spot. You are done!

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