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House dust mites
…es, but the symptoms can be reduced by taking some precautions. Allergy to house dust mites is not uncommon, but fortunately there is much one can do that will prevent symptoms and reduce the symptoms of allergy to house dust mites. It should be noted that house dust mites as such are not dangerous to humans unless one develops house dust mite allergy. Appearance A house dust mite is an exceedingly small, whitish animal. House dust mites will be n…
House longhorn beetle
…tive house longhorn beetle attack is under the influence of the age of the house. If the house is less than five years old, it is rarely possible to find any attacks. But the risk increases until the house’s twentieth year, after which it will fall again. If the house is more than 70 years old, it is one of the rarities that a new attack is underway. Unless the house has had new woodwork installed in connection with repairs. Prevention and pest co…
House cricket
…r normal circumstances, the house cricket will not do very well inside the house. Especially not in newer houses where the climate is dry. At the same time, they need a place to be able to lay their eggs, which the home can rarely accommodate. However, the house cricket may find itself placing its eggs in a corner or nook where moist sand or soil tends to accumulate, such as a utility room. Prevention and pest control The house cricket needs heat…
White-shouldered house moth
…h enough nutrient content for other animals. In the wild, white-shouldered house moth and white-shouldered house moth larvae live in wasp nests or bird nests, where they “clean up” by eating remnants of feed as well as feathers and the like. They are not carnivores, so the other animals also often tolerate them because they are not a danger to the birds or wasps. Damage Although white-shouldered house moth has been quite troublesome in the past, m…
Beech marten
…e over abandoned nests from birds. In general, you have to look up to find house martens. House martens give birth to pups during the spring, specifically March and April, although some litters can be born as early as February. An adult house marten grows to about 70 cm long, but the tail alone is about 25 cm. To the untrained eye, a house marten can look like a ferret or a weasel with its brownish fur, pointed snout and round ears. The house mart…
Common house spider
(Latin: Tegenaria domestica) Common house spider This is one of the largest spiders found in Europe, and it also occurs in many other parts of the world. The body alone may be as much as 1 cm long and the long legs can give a span of 5-6 cm. This spider can be found in all sorts of places where there is sufficient humidity, such as bathrooms and outhouses. It also occurs under the eaves of houses and in stone walls. The common house spider is an…
House dust mites
…ite known species, which are occasionally found when examining house dust under a microscope. House dust mite are the most common, however the sugar mite, Glycyphagus domesticus and the Tarsonemus are common. Just like the house dust mites, most of them live in the wild and for reasons unknown, their spreading stages, end up in the air we vacuum through our vacuum cleaners….
The brown house moth
…at have been stored too moist can also provide a hearty meal for the brown house moth. It is even worse if the brown house moth attack grain ceilings and seed stores or other places where different types of plant materials are stored. For instance, moist feed, flour, groats, or powdered milk. Here, the brown house moth can quickly do great damage to the stock. Prevention and pest control When it comes to keeping brown house moth from buildings, th…
Australian spider beetle
…900 and has since also found its way to Denmark, where it is to this day a common guest in Danish households. The Australian spider beetle belongs to a whole family of beetles, which in Denmark amount to around 40 different species. The spider beetle family goes by the common name Ptinus in Latin and in addition to the Australian spider beetle also counts family members such as the common thief beetle (Ptinus fur) and the brass thief (Niptus holol…
Index
…on 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 Delichon urbina Dendrobium pertina…
Mouse
…mayhem. Appearance Every people will probably all be able to recognize the house mouse and the yellow-necked mouse but there are a few differences in their appearance. A house mouse can either be dark gray all over the body or only on the head and back, where it is lighter in its color on the belly. The solid colored is typically found in South Jutland, where the one with a lighter belly is found in the rest of the country. The house mouse body le…
The common house fly
…nd a day later the females begin to lay eggs. In the lab, you can keep the house flies for six months, but in the European stables their average life span is only a few days. Adult house flies love heat and prefer temperatures between 35 and 40 ° C when choosing habitats. In warm weather, with temperatures above 16 ° C flies can live outdoors where they can lay eggs on the dung heap or sit and bask on walls, and more. House flies are diurnal and t…
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…
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….
The Australian spider beetle
…ces and herbal substances. MBM is also suitable. On ceilings and empty warehouses, Australian spider beetles can live of insect remains as well as mouse and rat droppings. Australian spider beetles can also live in birds’ nests and dry carrion. When the larvae have become so big that they are ready to pupate, they leave the food. They can, just as the adults, chew through packaging to get out. The holes they leave are circular. The larvae seek out…
Exit-holes in timber
…depending upon whether the larva has been feeding on bark or sapwood. Very common in houses where bark-covered timber is used (see p. 122). Dendrobium pertinax exit-holes in timber Dendrobium pertinax The exit-holes have a diameter of 2-3 mm. This species is found almost exclusively in softwood that has been damaged by damp. It works mainly in the spring wood, while the summer wood remains behind in the form of lamellae. The wood dust is similar…
The brown house moth
…cellars and destroy cork flooring, leather and woollen textiles. The brown house moth is common in the wild, where it feeds on both leftovers of feed as well as nesting material for birds’ nests. Life cycle for the brown house moth A female brown house moth can lay 600 eggs during its lifetime. The development from egg to adult at 25 °C lasts 3 months. At 15 ° C, it takes 7 months and at temperatures below 13 ° C development stops completely. The…
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…
The house mouse
…there is sufficient food and nesting material. There are even examples of house mice breeding in deep freezers. House mice breed all year round and can give birth to a dozen litters a year. Although house mice are omnivores, they prefer seeds, especially cereals and cereal products. A house mouse can eat 3 grams of food per day. The house mice do not have fixed feeding points (as rats do), but they eat more randomly in small quantities and in man…
Housefly
…he bacterium campylobacter. However, in Denmark this is a minor issue. The house fly is most often an annoyance in house placed near farms. Please read below on how to prevent the house fly in the home. Prevention and pest control If you do not want the housefly in your home, there are several options for prevention and control. If you have a home near a farm and have major issues with flies, you can prevent this by setting up insect nets in front…
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…
The lesser house fly
…canicularis. Lesser house fly Lesser house fly, adult and larva The lesser house fly is the typical house fly. It is 5 -7 mm. The males of this species can be seen in a tireless bouncing dance around lamps or other things hanging down from the ceiling. The lesser house fly lays its eggs one by one in very moist, decaying substances, for example, in moist manure or sink drains. The larvae do not look like ordinary fly larvae. They are flat with a r…
Stinging mosquitoes
…water. In the house mosquito group, there several species, where the most common is the large house mosquito and the small house mosquito. Large house mosquitoes are called Culiseta annulata in Latin. They are gray and have white rings on their legs. If you get a mosquito bite in the winter, it will typically be by a large house mosquito. The small house mosquito is called in Latin Culex pipiens. They are brownish in their color, and they do not…
Zebra spider
…do not spin a web but hunt their prey actively. These include the hunting spiders, and the zebra spider which is quite a small representative of this group can often be seen on the walls of a house, especially if the sun is shining. The spider’s behaviour changes when a fly or other small insect lands nearby. It crouches down, turns the large, square front part of its body (the cephalothorax) with the four large and four small eyes towards the fl…
Spider beetles
…e examples of spider beetles, more so than other insects, having found out how to use the plastic tubes embedded for electrical wires in walls as main ways in and out of buildings. Common for spider beetles is that they can survive at lower temperatures than other storage beetles and that their development is slow….
The white-marked spider beetle
…es together in the back and draws a V. On the elytrons there are 4 white-yellow spots….
House mouse
…period, but more usually no more than five or six. Corn kernels gnawed by house mice. The mouse preferably gnaws the soft germ field, allowing the treated kernels for a characteristic, crescent-shaped appearance. House mice are omnivorous but they prefer seeds, particularly cereals and cereal products, but when these are lacking they will feed on the strangest things, such as soap, wax candles and putty. An adult mouse eats about 3 grams of solid…
House cricket
…in panelling behind heating installations, quite frequently in breweries. House crickets often occur in new buildings and this is probably because such places provide good shelter and food, and half-finished houses are easy to enter. It is also possible that these insects may, in some cases, be brought in with building materials or packaging. In northern Europe house crickets do not normally survive outside during the winter and most of them come…
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