Can You Kill Fleas With Heat?

Heat treatment is an effective way to kill fleas. However, you must ensure that the temperatures are high enough and for a long enough period of time to kill fleas. You must also combine the high temperature with low humidity. If the temperature is too high, the treatment may not work and it might take several days to kill the fleas.

Heat can kill fleas and bedbugs. Heat is a natural method that penetrates the flea’s hiding places and kills its larvae and eggs. Unlike insecticides, which only kill adult fleas, heat kills the eggs and larvae that hatch into new fleas.

Another method to kill fleas is to steam the area where they live. This method requires higher temperatures because it destroys the flea’s life cycle. Temperatures of around 95 degrees kill most fleas, including outdoor ones. It is also a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to kill fleas. However, you must be extremely careful while using heat to kill fleas. A high temperature can damage fabrics and burn you, so you must be very careful when steaming.

Heat does not kill adult fleas. Adult fleas need a host animal to survive and will die if left alone for too long. Even when you spray a hot area, it is unlikely that adult fleas will survive without an animal to live on.