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Nov 25, 2016 - 05:55 AM
Fleas can be active all year around indoors. As long as the temperature indoors is warm and cozy, and the fleas have an adequate blood meal host (pet, small animal, rat, squirrel, etc) then they can survive.
As far as treating the garage, It's probably not a bad idea to treat it at least 1 time. I don't think that repeat treatments are necessary when it's that cold, but a single treatment, preferably with a growth regulator to help control eggs and larvae can help.
The question is how did you get fleas since you have no pets? My concern is that there is possibly some presence of small animal that needs to be controlled.
Ron
As far as treating the garage, It's probably not a bad idea to treat it at least 1 time. I don't think that repeat treatments are necessary when it's that cold, but a single treatment, preferably with a growth regulator to help control eggs and larvae can help.
The question is how did you get fleas since you have no pets? My concern is that there is possibly some presence of small animal that needs to be controlled.
Ron
Nov 25, 2016 - 06:10 AM
That's what happens. When vacuuming, the vibration causes the flea pupae to hatch. The new adult flea basically hatches out of the pupae casing and is hungry for a blood meal. The flea pupae can remain unhatched for several months. That's also why flea control is not overnight. It's a process of letting all the flea pupae hatch and hopefully there are no eggs or larvae to follow them.
Flea life cycle is basically like this - flea eggs become larvae, larvae becomes pupae. Pupae becomes adult.
This is when you notice them - by finding adult fleas. The adults only make up about 5% of the total population. The other 95% are pupae, larvae and possibly eggs.
So control is like this - flea pupae hatch, you spray. Wait two weeks, flea pupae hatch again, you spray again. This can be repeated 3-4 times if the fleas are bad enough.
Hope this makes sense.
Ron
Flea life cycle is basically like this - flea eggs become larvae, larvae becomes pupae. Pupae becomes adult.
This is when you notice them - by finding adult fleas. The adults only make up about 5% of the total population. The other 95% are pupae, larvae and possibly eggs.
So control is like this - flea pupae hatch, you spray. Wait two weeks, flea pupae hatch again, you spray again. This can be repeated 3-4 times if the fleas are bad enough.
Hope this makes sense.
Ron
Nov 26, 2016 - 07:19 AM
Just pick the clothes up off the floor and don't spray them. If you do get some spray on them, just toss them in the washing machine. You don't have to remove everything from the shelves, just the floor.
Ron
Ron
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