Dr. Lera talks about the various types of fleas in dogs and provides more info about them.

Fleas go through four life cycle stages: Egg, Larva, Pupa and Adult. The adults live on animals like your dog, where they digest blood and lay their eggs. One female flea can lay up to 2,000 eggs. These eggs hatch in 110 days and spread throughout your home and yard every time your dog scratches, shakes, or lies down. They then hatch into larvae that can move on the host and feed on blood and flea dirt (digested blood from the adult fleas). During the pupa stage they form cocoons, where they wait for several days or up to one year — preferably for the fleas in the comfort of your carpet, sofa, or bed — until a warmbodied host appears. Then they hatch, become adults, and infest their animal hosts – such as your dog.

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