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The common green lacewing

…y aphids for a year, one would therefore expect to find many overwintering common green lacewing the following winter period. Damage It is the common green lacewing’s appetite for insects and pests such as aphids that makes the common green lacewing a useful animal in the garden. They therefore pose no harm. Prevention and pest control The common green lacewing does no harm. In fact, they are useful helpers in the garden and nature. They must ther…

Common gnat

…(Latin: Culex pipiens) Common gnat This is a small, brownish mosquito or gnat, often found spending the winter in large numbers in, for instance, damp cellars. Sometimes it will take to the • wing during the winter if disturbed, but fortunately it seldom bites humans, evidently preferring the blood of birds….

Common gnat

…Common gnat (Latin: Culex pipiens) This small mosquito does not usually bite humans, but evidently prefers the blood of birds. Its habits are more or less the same as those of the preceding species, and specimens may also be found spending the winter in damp cellars, often in quite large numbers….

Index

…Cockroach, Oriental Coffee bean weevil Common bean weevil Common black ant Common earwig Common house-mite Columba livia domestica Confused flour beetle Confusum, Tribolium Copeognatha Copra beetle Copra beetle, red-breasted Corn weevil Cosmopolitan blue bone beetle Crickets Cricket, house Cryptolestes ferrugineus Cryptolestes minutes Cryptophagus Dark flour beetle Darkling beetles Dermatophagoides farinae Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus Dermestes…

Common woodboring beetles

…boring beetle larva will cease. This is also the reason why attacks by the common woodboring beetle are rare in newer houses, as the climate indoor is healthy with a low humidity. Damage There is no doubt that the common woodboring beetle leaves harmful traces that are highly visible. As the larvae get bigger, they will gnaw further into the wood and thus expand their boreholes. This results in small holes in the woodwork. In the case of a powerfu…

Index

…h faeces Common cockroach Common flower bug Common furniture beetle Common gnat Common house mite Common house spider Common wasp Cone bug Coniophora cerebella Copeognatha Corvus monedula Corynetes coeruleus Cossus cossus Crab louse Cranefly larvae Crataerina pallida Criocephalus rusticus Cryptolestesferrugineus Ctenocephalidesfelis Ctenocephalides canis Cu/ex pipiens Culicidae Culiseta annulata Davies’s Colletes Death-watch beetle Debris bug Deli…

The common black ant

…nies under tiles. They penetrate anywhere through cracks to seek food. The common black ants live mainly of sweet liquids. In nature they live of aphid excrement, but also various small insects, which they overpower. In private households, shops and businesses the ants especially seek towards sweet and sugary foods. The common black ants hardly have any significance as disease carriers. Often the first signs of ant activity inside, are small piles…

Oriental or common cockroach

…Latin: Blatta orientalis) Oriental- or common cockroach, male Oriental- or common cockroach, female Oriental cockroaches, adults and nymphs among themselves This species is found in the same kind of place as the German cockroach, but usually at an even higher temperature, and it is not as common. The wings are well-developed in the male, but they are reduced to short stumps in the female. The egg capsule contains about 15 eggs, and the female only…

The common bean weevil

…ch live inside seeds, are plump and legless. In the end of the fourth larvae stage they pupate just below the surface of seeds. There may well be cramped. Bean weevil Up to 28 larvae have been found in a single bean. As the common bean weevil is a member of the Bruchidae family, it is also subject to the import restrictions that apply to this entire family, see above. Common bean weevils are exterminated in the same manner as granary weevils….

The common flower bug

…picking fruit, or you can bring them indoors with berries or branches. The common flower bug often bites people. Perhaps they see us as giant aphids. The common flower bug’s bite is quite painful bad but there are usually no continuing effects. The flower bugs can turn raspberry picking into a dubious pleasure. Flower bugs are especially encountered in the late summer. Flower bugs are useful animals, which help keep the aphids-population down, and…

Common furniture beetle

Latin: Anobium punctatum Common furniture beetle This is a very common pest of timber and furniture and is or has been present in most old houses. The adult beetles emerge during the summer months by gnawing their way out from the infected timber through circular exit-holes. It is at this time that wood dust falls out of the timber. The beetles, which only live a couple of weeks, can fly and are often confused with small flies. Shortly after emer…

Exit-holes in timber

…p. 131). Trypodendron lineatus exit-holes in timber Trypodendron lineatus Common in softwoods used as structural timber. The tunnels, with a diameter of 1-2 mm, run in a very characteristic way ( see p. 132), and not at random as in the common furniture beetle. Bostrychid beetles exit-holes in timber Bostrychid beetles Many species of tropical boring beetles of the family Bostrychidae occur in imported timber: in boxes, carved figures, baskets, e…

Common house spider

…uthouses. It also occurs under the eaves of houses and in stone walls. The common house spider is an impressive animal. It can get so big that some people think it may be a tropical bird spider. Unlike that of many other species, the web of this species is not a regular work of art, but consists of an apparently tangled mass of threads, often covered in dust. It is usually constructed in a corner and is then triangular, with the retreat hole where…

The common house mite

…The common house mite ( Latin: Glycyphagus domesticus) Lat: Glycyphagus domesticus. Also called the furniture mite. The common house mite is very similar to the sugar mite. It can be seen indoors in humid spaces where it can form large populations in the autumn. It rarely contaminates food or animal feed. Both the sugar mite and the common house mite are exterminated easily by dehydration….

(8) The pharaoh ant and the common black ant

…t in a colony, allow the pharaoh ant to reach far in large facilities. The common black ant is not synanthrope anywhere because it depends on aphids. Normally it lives outdoors, but in cases where a colony is located below or adjacent to a heated house, the slightly higher temperature can cause the ants to become active earlier in the spring than it normally would. It forces the common black ant to find its food indoors until it gets warmer and ap…

Common clothes moth

Latin: Tineola bisselliella Common clothes moth This small moth, now common in human habitations in temperate countries, came originally from warmer parts of the world. It was probably not very abundant until houses started to be warmed more or less efficiently. It does not, therefore, live outside in temperate regions, and it is not one of the insects that fly in through an open window. A female clothes moth lays about 100 eggs, which are diffic…

Common flower bug

Common Flower bug ( Latin: Anthocoris nemorum ) These are common bugs normally seen outdoors on trees and bushes, where they live by seizing aphids, mites and other small invertebrates, from which they suck the body fluids. They are often seen when one is picking fruit or they may be taken indoors on cut flowers. The proboscis is long and thin and the insect often bites humans. In many cases the bite is quite painful but normally there are no aft…

The common house fly

Latin: Musca domestica. The common house fly In spring, there is great interest for advice on how to prevent flies from occurring. In summer, the question is mainly about what to do about the too many flies. Originates from warm climates, but is now widely spread everywhere. An adult house fly is 8-9 mm long, with a wingspan of 13 – 14 mm. Females seek fresh manure or rotting or fermenting plant material and lay eggs there. The eggs are laid in c…

Common house mite

Common house mite Latin: Glycyphagus domesticus House mite under microscope. These small mites are very similar to those that occur in foodstuffs (p. 56), but under a lens they can be recognised by the long hairs at the rear end. They may occasionally occur in foodstuffs, but they are primarily found in upholstered furniture, which has been kept damp for some time so that the stuffing has rotted. House mites then feed on the fungus, and multiply…

Bug Indentification

…te Cigarette beetle Coffee bean weevil Common bean weevil Common black ant Common earwig Common house fly Confused flour beetle Corn weevil Cricket Dark flour beetle Dermestid beetle Drugstore beetle Female odd beetle Flesh fly Flour mite Flour moth and larva Fruitfly Fungus mite German cockroach with egg capsule Golden spider beetle Granary weevil Groundnut beetle Tysk kakerlak, hun Tysk kakerlak, han Ham beetle house fly pupa house longhorn hous…

Common bean weevil

Common bean weevil (Latin: Acanthoscelides obtectus) This beetle mainly infests beans, but it may also occur in other related crops. It can lay eggs in fresh beans in the fields or in dried stored beans. The female lays several eggs in each bean. When the larvae are fully grown they gnaw their way out towards the surface of the bean and pupate, leaving a thin shell between themselves and the outside world. When the adult beetles are ready to emer…

Dog fleas and cat fleas

…Today, it is estimated that one third of all Danish dogs and cats are infested by fleas each year. It is not known why cat fleas have become so common in our parts of the world. The number of pets has increased and at the same time, it has become increasingly common for the animals to have access to all rooms of the house. Another contributing factor is the increasingly common wall-to-wall carpeting. It is difficult to remove flea eggs and larva f…

Most Common House Bugs

Australian spider beetle

…ion to the Australian spider beetle also counts family members such as the common thief beetle (Ptinus fur) and the brass thief (Niptus hololeucus), both of which are common pest in Denmark. Appearance While the Australian spider beetle is still a larva, it can grow between 3 to 5 millimeters long. The larva has a curved shape with quite small legs and a dark head, while the rest of its body has a yellowish white hue. A fully developed Australian…

Earwigs

The common earwig Season for earwigs (The common Earwig) Latin: Forficula auricularia. Earwigs do not really belong in food storages. Yet it often happens that you find an earwig in food. The reason is that earwigs are very common animals in Northern Europe. They seek buildings, not because of the buildings themselves, but because they have narrow, dark hiding places. If they come into a store, there is always a risk that they are hiding in the g…

Common cluster fly

Latin: Pollenia Rudis The cluster fly is a small insect that is generally considered to be reasonably clumsy and harmless. The cluster fly got its name as Danes could observe them clustering together inside before it was normal to have all the rooms in houses heated all the time. The cluster flies settled in tightly packed groups in rooms where there was no heating. Although the cluster fly is a species in the family of the housefly, it does not…

Case bearing clothes moth

…eir tube firmly to the substrate. The case bearing clothes moth larva pupates inside its case. In other respects its habits and life history are similar to those of the common clothes moth, but it requires a higher humidity, and it has become less common as a pest in recent years….

Frequency

…blem relatively under control. However, cat fleas have become increasingly common since the 1970s.They have become common and will probably continue to be so for a few more years. J F M A M J J A S O N D 0 = Above average / 1 = Maximum 0 0 1 0 0 0 Dog fur mite 1 0 0 Bird flea 0 1 0 0 0 Pidgeon tick 1 0 0 Stable flies 0 1 0 0 Kissing bugs 0 1 0 0 Swift lou…

Bed bugs in animals

…ears from the house. Bat bugs, Cimex pipistrelli, live in places where the Common pipistrelle sleep. The common pipistrelle is a species often settles in attics of residential houses, and the bed bugs may suddenly appear in living rooms. Bats are a protected species and cannot be eradicated. If you are bothered by the bats in your house, you should the Danish Zoological Museum. A treatment of bats’ hiding place (when they left, are out, or have be…

Ectoparasites

…y. Cannot infect cats. Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides felis. P.96. It is a very common, blood sucking flea and the cat flea is especially common in the late summer. It bites humans. The fleas are transmitted between dogs and cats and both functions as host animals. The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. P.107. Is a large blood sucking mite, which is imported from warmer countries. It can bite humans, however it is rare. Canine nasal mites, Pneum…