Fleas Must Mate in Order to Lay Eggs
WouterFleas must mate in order to lay eggs. This is a biological requirement for all species. A blood meal is necessary for a flea to reproduce. The female flea also needs to mate with several males to lay eggs. Then, the fleas will turn into adult fleas.
The life cycle of a flea is quite complex. There are four different stages in their life cycle. First, they are larvae. These tiny creatures are up to 1/4 of an inch long and are white and legless. They live for about five to 20 days, and are a significant portion of the flea population in an average household. The larvae feed on the blood and feces of their host.
Adult fleas need a blood meal to reproduce, and they cannot survive for several generations without feeding on a blood meal. Fleas prefer to breed on animals but will bite people if they can’t find a host. Adult fleas can detect human heat, vibrations from movement, and breathing. When they feed, fleas transmit germs to humans through their fecal secretions. Fleas can infect open wounds and transmit diseases through their bites.
Adult fleas can lay around forty eggs per day. They lay a total of 2000 eggs over the course of their lifetime. After they have matured, they develop their sex organs and begin mating. They lay eggs after a blood meal. These eggs are a white oval and about a third of an inch long.
