EPM-Fleas Environmental Pest Management Madison Wisconsin Fleas Fleas can be a serious problem for the homeowner. If you have had a flea problem before, you know what I m talking about.
Fleas bite the homeowner as well as their pets and can make life miserable for everyone involved.
Under optimal conditions, a female flea can lay up to 800 eggs during her lifetime. The eggs hatch in about 12 days and the larvae feed until they pupate. The adult flea emerges from the pupae in about seven days. Dryness is fatal to fleas because they cannot retain moisture very well. Thus hot, dry summers reduce flea populations, and rainy summers produce large populations.