How Big a Flea is?
WouterFleas are parasites that live in the skin. Their size varies depending on their blood meal. The females are larger than the males. The female can feed on as much as 15 times her body weight each day. The abdomen of the flea has ten segments.
Fleas are brown, flat, and wingless insects. Adult fleas can jump up to 30 centimeters in a single leap. They are small enough to be seen with the naked eye, but they can be difficult to detect in the fur coats of pets and carpet fibers.
The adult flea is between one and two millimeters long and half a millimeter wide. They can survive for months without a host. Flea pupae, on the other hand, are much smaller. They lack back legs for jumping, so they can survive on their own for several months without a host.
Adult fleas reproduce by laying their eggs. They can lay up to 2,000 eggs in their lifetime. The eggs are small white objects, about 0.5mm in diameter. Adult fleas lay 20 to 50 eggs a day. The eggs will fall off your pet when it moves, and are 50% of the flea population in your home.
While fleas do not live much longer than a year on a host, their eggs and larvae live for a much longer period. They can reach a very high population because they are not dependent on their host. Most fleas get to dogs through contact with fleas in the environment or from other animals. They do not have wings and rely on their powerful legs to jump and move around. The majority of fleas measure between one sixteenth and one eighth of an inch.
