Advantage II kills adult fleas quickly within 12 hours, inhibits the development of
immature flea life stages and prevents them from reaching the biting adult stage.
Some products contain additional ingredients called insect growth regulators that target
other flea life stages to increase efficacy.
Immature
flea life stages in a pet's environment consist of around 95 % of an infestation and can be almost invisible to the naked eye.
Fleas have four life stages and it is important to treat immature
flea life stages as well as adult fleas.
Pyriproxyfen, the second active ingredient in Advantage II, prevents flea eggs from hatching, which in turn prevents the development of all
subsequent flea life stages and thus ends the flea lifecycle.
This is due to the fact that only 5 % of
the flea life stages on your pet, and in your home, are in the adult stage, and therefore visible.
It can kill
all flea life stages and can do so within 12 hours of initial application.
Tip: In order to kill all
the flea life stages, you MUST treat your home and yard again - 3 to 4 weeks after your first treatment.
Feline Advantage: is a monthly topical that controls
all flea life stages.
Bayer's Advantage II is a topical treatment that can be applied monthly to control against
all flea life stages.
Temperatures above 95 °F (35 °C) are lethal to
all flea life stages.
Advantage II kills
all flea life stages.
Bayer also sells Advantage II, a broadly recognized, easy to apply monthly topical for dogs and cats that kills
all flea life stages, and is indicated for the treatment of flea infestations.
Flea life stages Because adult fleas require a blood meal, all flea life stages usually occur in the vicinity of the host.