Fleas seem to have an incredible jumping abilitly for two reasons. Firstly, it's because they're so small, which in turn means they are less effected by gravity. If you scaled one up to the size of a human, their jumping would be much less impressive. Seccondly, and probably more obvious, is that the flea has better legs for jumping than most creatures. Their hind leg contains 'resilin' (an elastic protien) which stores energy when it bends its legs, so when it jumps, the stored energy in the 'elastic' is released, and catapults the flea upwards.
Fleas jump from host to host, so a flea can jump from one cat to another if bitten, but the bite itself will not cause the fleas.
No. They will latch onto a person, fill up on the person 's blood, and detatch when finished.
A flea can jump over 200 times its own body length. Fleas may be able to jump as high as 100 times their body length.
Ticks don't jump. They grab on to passing fur with their forelegs.
No, fleas may also crawl when they don't have a great distance to travel.
Fleas really can jump very high distances considering how small they are. Fleas can be very bothersome to dogs and cats.
They don't need to jump, it's just how they move around.
Fleas jump fast
Yes. But so can fleas, so you might want to treat for fleas too.
when the cats are near each other the fleas jump to the other cat =]
Gnats and fleas are both tiny insects that can jump. Fleas are the probable insect in this description that eat concrete.
Those insects would be fleas. Fleas grow to bigger sizes, and do not always jump, but the older they get, their bottoms turn a more yellow-brown color.