Because they're unable to form a new exoskeleton after
the next molt, the fleas don't survive for very long.
Not exact matches
Then, they migrate to muscles in the chest and abdomen, and 45 to 60 days after infection,
molt to the
next larval stage.
Once it is done feeding, it detaches, and
molts in the environment to the
next stage, the nymph.
The white - footed mouse is the main source for the Lyme bacteria so when feeding on the mouse the larval tick picks up the bacteria from the blood meal then carries this to the
next stage of its life, falls off the mouse host and
molts into a nymph.
Over the
next two weeks to six months, the larvae will
molt three times before entering the
next stage of the flea life cycle.
The second
molt from the L4 to the L5 occurs within the
next 2 months.