Fleas typically attack dogs and cats, but humans can also get bites. Flea bites may occur on your ankles, legs, waist, and other body parts. They can cause itchy, red bumps, irritation, and ...

Eggs: Within about 24 hours of feeding, a female flea begins producing eggs—up to 50 a day and about 2,000 in her lifetime, which is two to three months. These eggs are laid on the animal, but ...

Out of over 300 species of fleas in the United States, Ctenocephalides felis, or the cat flea, ... which can be transmitted to cats while a flea is feeding on them.

Flea species in the U.S. tend to feed on animals, but sometimes people are bitten when they share space or come into contact with a flea-infested animal, according to the CDC. ...