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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.
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.
==Test yourself with the Flea Flashcards==
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[[Category:Fleas|B]].
[[Category:Fleas|B]].