The chemistry of flea killers has been developed to a stage where back packing a sprayer has become almost a thing of the past. Why pay a lot of money for a simple task like putting flea control agent such as Permethrin 10 or flea-fix in a carpet to stop the life cycle of the fleas . The hind pair of legs is modified for jumping. Fleas are vertically flat like a fish, and can move easily through the hair of a host. The immature stage or larval stage of the flea looks like a small white worm with a dark head.
Flea eggs are small and white.
Each female cat flea can lay up to 400 eggs in her lifetime. The larvae are usually found where the animal sleeps, along baseboards, in carpets, or on furniture. Larvae pupate and new adults emerge. The new adults seek a host immediately and must get a blood meal to survive and produce eggs. All species and both sexes feed on warm blooded animals.