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Fleas
are a pesky almost invisible creature and only 1 percent
of fleas are big enough to see with the naked human
eye. If your house has fleas in it then not only do
you have to kill adult fleas but all of the smaller
ones as well. There are 4 distinct stages in the life
of a flea. The egg, the larva, the pupa or cocoon and
the adult. Flea eggs are barely visible to the naked
eye. They are laid on the host animal and either fall
off or are scratched off into carpeting and other upholstery,
where they will hatch over a period of one to ten days.
Eggs will not hatch in temperatures below 40ºF, but
can exist indefinitely until the temperature rises,
often a year later. Eggs die at temperatures above 95ºF.
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