Jumping insects deliver a lot of trouble. And they are connected not only with emotional discomfort.
Fleas tolerate dangerous diseases - typhoid plague, provoke suppuration, infect infections.
Especially when you consider that the parasite that previously lived on a dog, cat or rat can bite a person.
Information about how pests multiply, will help in combating them.
This process is quite long. And to complete it requires certain conditions.
Breeding process
Different types of jumping bloodsuckers, and there are about two thousand of them, breed the same. Fleas belong to the insect full transformation. This means that the life cycle of the parasite goes through the following stages:
- egg;
- larva;
- dolly;
- imago or adult persons
Insect mating process takes a few hours. In the body of the male there are two testicles, in the female there are one or two pairs of ovaries. Fertilization occurs when the female climbs back against the male and literally pulls the claw.
A fertilized individual lays eggs in portions - 4 to 10 pieces. Although it is difficult to call this process a delay. Rather, it looks like a flea pushes eggs out of itself, scattering where it is necessary. The pests have no specific clutch. Usually insect eggs are deposited directly in the animal's fur or near its habitat.
REFERENCE: The female literally shoots eggs long distances from each other. In the future, this allows you to save most of the offspring and eliminates competition for the power source.
Next you will see a photo of larvae and flea eggs:
To produce offspring a flea must be fed. A hungry insect cannot lay a single egg.but. For the life of an adult individual is able to bring to light up to five hundred potential parasites.
Detect eggs of blood-sucking parasites impossible to the naked eye. They are very small - from 0.5 to 1 mm. In form, upon closer inspection, they resemble tiny grains of rice.
Larvae development and feeding
In general, the development of a flea from egg to adult lasts from three weeks to several months.
From eggs in two days or two weeks the larvae hatch. The duration of the period depends on the humidity and temperature conditions.
Externally, the larvae have the form of white worms. Through translucent body You can consider the esophagus, which looks like a dark blotch. The length of flea larvae reaches 5 mm as they grow.
Parasites move like all worms - segments. They can't bite and drink blood.like imago. Therefore, they get its dried remains, adult feces, organic waste.
While the larva is growing, it sheds three times. Then a cocoon is formed. By the size of a flea pupa can be mistaken for a mote of dark color. Its dimensions do not exceed 5 mm. With time, the cocoon increases.
When an adult insect emerges from it, it depends on the temperature conditions. Sometimes development can slow down at the pupal stage to a year or more. The young individual has at first a light shade. With active nutrition, it grows stronger, and its integuments darken.
The life cycle of an adult continues. not more than three months. During this time, an average flea makes about a hundred bites. At relatively low temperatures, fleas can live up to two years. In the cold, their growth slows down, and in the warmth, fleas grow stronger and differ in size.
Insects of complete transformation differ at different stages. Flea larvae do not look like their adult relatives. They have a different power source and behavior. When dealing with fleas, not only the animal's coat should be treated, but also the pet's habitat.
This will help destroy the eggs of parasites. After some time, it is recommended to re-process. Because able to pupa fleas can spend a long time. And only after waiting for favorable conditions, they develop rapidly, turning into an adult.
