(Latin: Staphylinus olens) Devil’s coach horse beetle This large predatory beetle is common in woodland, but is also found in gardens and sometimes enters houses when hunting for prey, usually small insects, slugs and worms. It is easily recognizable by its size (up to 3 cm long) and by its dark colour. As is typical of the staphylinid beetles the elytra are very short, and in fact they only cover the foremost part of the segmented abdomen, while…
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Horse-fly bites
…an the pale skin. Horse flies only bite in daylight. The risk of getting bitten is greatest near marshes and river valleys. They often stray into cars and houses, which can then act as traps. They do not bite inside; however, they just sit by the windows and wait to get out into the light again. Horse fly bite hurts , and it is quite bloody. The horse-fly pumps rather large amounts of saliva into the wound. For some people, this results in severe…
Horse-flies
…horse-fly species of the family Tabanidae. The biggest fly in Denmark is a horse-fly, namely the 3 cm long pale giant horse-fly, Tabanus bovinus. However, it is mainly the smaller species which can become so numerous that they become troublesome: deer flies of the genus Chrysops, which has yellow markings on the abdomen and brown-spotted wings and the common horse fly, Haematopota pluvialis, which is one centimeter long and characterized by its gr…
Leeches
…n swallow. While they are being swallowed they are processed by the teeth. As the horse leech is not a bloodsucker it cannot suck the blood of humans. However, large and hungry horse leeches may rasp a Y-shape to the skin. Horse leeches can be found in nearly every waterhole and in most lakes and ponds….
Index
…haemorrhoidalis Dermestes lardarius Dermestidae Dermestids larvae Devil’s coach-horse Dinoderus minutus. Diplopoda Dog flea Dog louse Dried currant moth Dronefly larva Drosophila funebris Drugstore beetle Dryocopus martinus Dry rot Dusky cockroach Earthworms Earwig Ectobius lapponicus Empicoris culiciformis Enicmus minutus Ephestia cautella Ephestia elutella Ephestia kuehniella Eptesicus serotinus Eristalis tenax Ernobius mollis Euscorpius italic…
Life cycle
…other in June and August….
Prevention and control
…cticides cannot effectively control the adult flies, flying around, either. Adult horse flies can be trapped in traps, which consist of a rather large, dark object, which can be seen and is heated by the sun. Carbon dioxide (from dry ice) may increase the attractiveness of the trap. The horse-flies that are attracted, are trapped in a trap or in an adhesive that is placed in the trap. If strategically positioned, the trap can help the problem for…
Where?
…s, water bugs, rusty tussock moth larvae, mosquitoes, black flies, midges, horse flies, bees, hornets, ants, hedgehog fleas, bird fleas, caster bean tick, harvest mites, stinging jellyfish, leeches, greater weevers and the European adder. Of course, the line that separates the two groups in this division of the animals is quite thin. The outdoor species may stray into houses or they can be brought inside. Mosquitoes bite people inside the house wh…
Index
…ities Hexicid Hippoboscidae Hirudinea Hirudo medicinalis Honey bee Hornets Horse fly Horse leech Hoyers medium Itch mites Ivomec veto Ixodes ricinus Ixokan Killer bees Kissing bug Klofenotan Kvassia Larder beetle larvae hair Lepidoglyphus destructor Lepidoptera Light traps Linognathus setosus Listrophorus gibbus Louse Louse flies Lyctocoris campestris Lymantria dispar Maladan Malaria Medicinal leech Methopren Midges Mites Monomorium pharaonis Mosq…
Tapestry moth
…left behind when the tapestry moth have left the fabric. Tapestry moth This is the largest of the moths that attack textiles, and it has a tendency to• feed more on coarser materials than the other textile moths, including such things as horse hair, coarse furs and skins. Like the preceding species it thrives in humid conditions, and nowadays it is found especially in outhouses and stables. It does not attack wallpaper, but is a serious pest of ta…
Leaf beetle
…ol It is especially in connection with the harvesting of e.g., pea fields, horse beans or lupins, that the leaf beetles can appear in hordes. Here it may be necessary to contact a pest controller or a consultant in horticulture or agriculture to deal with the problem. Sometimes the leaf beetle also finds its way into our homes. This is done based on a search for food or a suitable place for the beetle to overwinter. And as a rule, there is only a…
Frequency
… Castor bean tick 0 1 0 Mosquitoes 1 0 Biting midges 1 0 0 Stenepteryx hirundinis 0 0 1 0 European adder (Lat. Vipera berus) 0 0 1 0 Honey bee 0 1 0 Bumblebee 0 1 0 Horse-flies 1 0 Hornets 0 1 0 0 0 Cat fleas 0 1 0 0 Thrips 0 1 0 0 0 The crab louse 0 0 0…
Dark giant horsefly
…this is technically incorrect. Botflies belong to a different family than horseflies, and horseflies are bloodsuckers, which botflies are not. Horseflies do not move much once they have settled down, which has led to this idea that it is blind flies. However, horseflies have highly developed eyes, and they therefore see well. They especially use their sharp eyesight to find prey. Appearance A horsefly is a type of fly. It has large eyes and eithe…