Fleas are small (1/16" - 1/8"), reddish-brown, hard-shelled with no wings and three pairs of legs. They are a nuisance to both humans and their pets. Fleas bites cause allergic reactions and even secondary skin irritations or infections. The flea bite is not felt but the saliva of the pest contains a substance that produces inflammation and itching. If you look closely at the bite area, a single tiny puncture wound marks the spot - ants and spiders leave two puncture wounds when they bite.

The pain usually subsides in a few hours or several days at most, but scratching of the irritated area around the bite can sometimes lead to serious skin infections. Besides the irritation of their bite, fleas can carry diseases such as typhus fever or bubonic plague.

How to Kill Them

The flea has a life cycle that consists of 4 stages - the egg, larvae, pupae and adult. When fleas are active, they will go through the complete life cycle in two to four weeks. Only the adult fleas bite and they comprise about 5% of the population at any one time. Eggs are 50% of the flea population in your house, or over 10 times as many as adults, which explains why they can be hard to exterminate!

Adult fleas spend the vast majority of their lifetime on your pet and not in the carpet or furniture, which is why it is necessary to treat your animals at the same time as you treat the rooms and furnishings, preferably on the same day. The yard and outside kennels ahould also be treated, especially if the pet spends time both indoors and outdoors. Treatment of the 3 zones - pet, home and yard - is necessay for effective control of fleas.

Bengal Full Season Flea Killer is a fast-acting aerosol spray that works in two ways -- it contains an insecticide that kills fleas on contact and it also has an IGR (insect growth regulator) that sterilizes eggs and adults thereby breaking the life cycle. This unique combination of ingredients kills both adult and pre-adult fleas. Even kills fleas before they grow up to bite. The Insect Growth Regulator (IGR) continues to kill fleas for 210 days (7 months) by preventing their development into the adult biting stage. It reaches fleas hidden in carpets, rugs, drapes, upholstery, pet bedding, and floor cracks while protecting your home from reinfestation and flea buildup and your pets and family from bites. One treatment with this spray provides continuous flea protection for 210 days. When used as directed, does not stain furnishings.

Turn the can upside down and point valve toward surfaces to be treated. Be sure to apply uniformly using a sweeping motion to carpets, rugs, drapes and all surfaces of upholstered furniture. Be sure to treat pet bedding as this is a primary hiding place for fleas. No need to remove pet bedding after treatment. Avoid wetting furniture and carpeting. A fine mist or spray applied uniformly is all that is necessary to kill fleas and ticks.

We are confident in the capability of our product and stand behind it fully. If you are not satisfied with its performance, we will replace the product or refund your money.

Other Bengal products for Flea Control:
Concentrated Roach & Flea Fogger - Treats 6000 cu. ft. per can
Bengal Non-Flammable Fogger - The ultimate in safe fogging
Bengal Insecticide Concentrate - Dilute with water; 2 oz. makes 2 gal.