Products with Nitenpyram (like Capstar) have a faster speed of kill, than most top - spot products so if you are seeing large
numbers of adult fleas on your pet, give them a Capstar tablet.
Not exact matches
Consider the
numbers of eggs that each
adult female
flea produces, the
number of fleas that can be produced in just one two weeks life cycle is staggering!
If you picture a population pyramid
of fleas as a representation
of the relative
numbers of the various life stages that exist at any given moment, the bothersome
adult fleas that bite and cause problems would be only the very top, about 5 %
of the total.
While in the past popular
flea control strategies targeted the environment, today we are fortunate to have a
number of products aimed at preventing the egg from hatching or killing the
adult.
There are a
number of topical and oral medications available that are designed to kill the
adult fleas, and larvae.