The parasite segments resemble small pieces of rice and may be discovered around the anal region of your pet. Detection and Monitoring Detection is as simple as seeing fleas on your pet, noticing your pet scratching, or flea bites around your ankles. Perhaps there are small black pieces of dirt covering your pet's bedding, or perhaps you've noticed tapeworm segments near or on your pet. The black dirt is the adult flea feces left behind to serve as food for larvae, and tapeworms are acquired by the animal's ingestion of fleas. Another tale tail sign is the appearance of pearly-white eggs on flat surfaces occupied by the pet.
Eggs become particularly apparent when contrasted on dark-colored surfaces.
Soft, liquid-filled flea eggs can be easily distinguished from sand grains by simply pressing them. Monitoring is more difficult than simple detection. Shuffling around you home in white socks looking for fleas jumping onto the socks can help monitor hot spots for flea infestations. This information can help direct control efforts. Philosophy of Flea Control Effective control requires eradication of fleas from the pet, home, yard, and control of the flea life cycle.