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[[Image:Flea larvae.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Flea Larvae'' <p> Kalumet 2006, Wikimedia Commons]]
[[Image:Flea larvae.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Flea Larvae'' <p> Kalumet 2006, Wikimedia Commons]]
A thorough understanding of the flea life-cycle is important in order to be able to advise owners of adequate treatments to control flea infections on their animals and within the home environment.
A thorough understanding of the flea life-cycle is important in order to be able to advise owners of adequate treatments to control flea infections on their animals and within the home environment.
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Newly emerged unfed adults can survive days without feeding but once they have fed, if they fall off the host they can only survive a few hours.
Newly emerged unfed adults can survive days without feeding but once they have fed, if they fall off the host they can only survive a few hours.
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==Test yourself with the Flea Flashcards==
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|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?rowId=2&options2=AND&q2=flea&occuring2=title&rowId=3&options3=AND&q3=%22life+cycle%22&occuring3=title&x=37&y=12&publishedstart=yyyy&publishedend=yyyy&calendarInput=yyyy-mm-dd&la=any&it=any&show=all Flea life cycle publications]
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Use these links to find recent scientific publications via CAB Abstracts (log in required unless accessing from a subscribing organisation).
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[http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?rowId=2&options2=AND&q2=flea&occuring2=title&rowId=3&options3=AND&q3=%22life+cycle%22&occuring3=title&x=37&y=12&publishedstart=yyyy&publishedend=yyyy&calendarInput=yyyy-mm-dd&la=any&it=any&show=all Flea life cycle publications]
[[Category:Fleas|B]].
[[Category:Fleas|B]].