What are flea eggs?

Flea eggs are tiny, oval-shaped eggs laid by adult female fleas as part of their life cycle. They are usually white or off-white, smooth, and very small. They're about 0.5 mm long which makes them almost impossible to see with the human eye.

Here is an image of flea eggs next to an adult flea:

Frustratingly for you, a single female flea can lay up to 50 eggs a day in the right breeding conditions. Due to their silky texture, flea eggs easily fall off pets into carpets, bedding, furniture, or cracks in floors. Within a few days, the eggs hatch into larvae, which then develop into pupae and eventually adult fleas.

Click here to see what the flea life cycle looks like!

So as flea eggs can be scattered throughout the home and environment, they are a major reason flea infestations are difficult to eliminate. It's why 95% of fleas live in your environment and not your home during an infestation!

To effectively remove fleas from your pet and home, you need to treat both. And to prevent fleas from returning, make sure to use preventive flea control that tackles both fleas and flea eggs, like the Itch Flea Treatment for Cats and Itch Flea Treatment for Dogs. For your home, the best way to kill fleas is to clean regularly with your vacuum and spray afterwards with a household flea spray, like the Itch Flea House Spray.

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What are flea eggs?