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EFFECTS of NONVIABLE EGG CONSUMPTION on LARVAL CAT FLEA (SIPHONAPTERA: PULICIDAE) DEVELOPMENT

In natural environments, female cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché), produce blood feces and eggs after the first blood-feeding. The daily fecal production of a virgin male cat flea was 0.0503 mg, significantly less than that of a virgin female 0.8546 mg. Approximately 74% of eggs laid by mate...