Flea

Flea
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Appearance


  • Hard-bodied, flattened vertically or side to side

  • Dark reddish-brown in color

  • 1/16 to 1/8 inch in length

  • Three pair of legs-hind legs enlarged enabling jumping

Behavior


  • Excellent jumpers, leaping vertically up to 7 inches and horizontally 13 inches

  • Fleas are typically found where animals sleep or frequent

  • Adults usually attach to a preferred host species(ie: cat, dog, human etc.)

  • Flea bites may cause pain lasting a few minutes, hours or days depending on the host's sensitivity to the bite

Diet


  • Larvae: Digested blood from adult flea feces, dead skin, hair, feathers and other organic debris

  • Adults:blood sucked from host

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Fruit Fly Imposters Ted Snyder July 21, 2010

Are you struggling with fruit flies in your home or business, but you’ve found the advice I gave in a previous blog entry just doesn’t seem to help?  If so, there’s a good chance you may be dealing with a fruit fly imposter.  Let’s take a look at each of these fakes.

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