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Adult fleas are parasitic and feed exclusively on the blood of a vertebrate host, whereas flea larvae do not live on hosts and consume dried faecal blood from adult fleas. Because flea larvae rely on adult flea faeces for food, excrement and eggs must fall in the same location; thus, larval density is likely high in these restricted habitats. However, the influence of larval density on the subsequent adult stage has not been examined. In the present study, we utilized egg density to investigate density\u2010dependent effects on larval development and adult body size in the cat flea (\n                    <jats:italic>Ctenocephalides felis<\/jats:italic>\n                    Bouch\u00e9) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Specifically, eggs were collected to create three different larval densities (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200950, 100 and 150 per 56.7\u2009cm\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    ), and hatched larvae from all groups were fed an excess amount of adult faecal pellets. Larval development was measured by recording the proportion of eggs that developed to the pupal stage and the proportion of eggs that reached adulthood (eclosion). The body size of eclosed adults was quantified for both sexes using head length and length of the total body. We found that the number of eggs had no effect on the proportion of larvae that pupated or the proportion of larvae that eclosed; however, higher egg densities resulted in larger body sizes for both sexes. 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