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Tick & Flea

Tick & Flea

What you need to know

Ticks and fleas are parasitic insects that usually come into the home when pets like dogs and cats bring them inside. They typically stay on the host, but if the host is gone, they might start feeding on other animals or people in the house.
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Basic Biology: Ticks & Fleas

Tick's life cycle consists of four stages.
Ticks life cycle is composed of four stages
  • Egg
  • Larval
  • Nymphal
  • Adult

They consume blood at all stages and can carry pathogens if they feed on infected sources, potentially transmitting them during their life cycle. For this reason, they can cause problems if there is an infestation.

Fleas' life cycle consists of three main stages.
Fleas life cycle is composed of three major stages
  • Egg
  • Larval (3 stages)
  • Adult
During the larval stage, they hide in safe areas while growing into adults. Once they become adults, fleas start searching for food. After finding their first meal, they prepare to lay eggs and restart the cycle. Like ticks, fleas can transfer pathogens from host to host when feeding on blood.

Identifying The Problem & Control

Fleas and ticks may seem similar in many ways, but their treatments are approached differently.

Signs

Usually, ticks and fleas themselves indicate a problem, along with secondary signs such as medical symptoms caused by these creatures.

Management

Be sure to contact your pest control provider to address your problem, and keep pets well-groomed and regularly checked for ticks and fleas.

Disease

Since ticks and fleas feed on blood from infected hosts, such as rodents, they pose a significant risk of transmitting the diseases these hosts carry.

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