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…ore, the pharaoh ant likes to settle in shops or food warehouses or restaurants, canteens, bakeries, and commercial kitchens. They can therefore be a major nuisance when they manage to enter food. But pharaoh ants are not just an annoying nuisance. They can also pose a risk of infection if they manage to enter a hospital, where they can find bandages, wounds, or sterile packaging. Prevention and pest control If the pharaoh ant intrudes into a priv…

…n squeezing the ant so it is believed that the scent comes from within the ant. This type of ant is widespread throughout Denmark, except West Jutland. Appearance The Jet ant is black in color like the common black garden ant. On the surface it is very shiny. It has a classic ant shape with a slender waist, a large head and hind and of course six legs. It is possible to see the antennae and the mouthpiece with the naked eye. The working ants are 4…

…mainly by milking the small root lice that occur around the roots of the plants. The ants feed on the sugary excrement of the root lice, also called honeydew, which is derived from the sap from the roots of the plant. However, the yellow shadow ant can also eat other small insects. During the summer, winged males and females develop in the nest, moving up from the nest in July and August to mate. They can occur in large numbers when the mating sea…

…uses that are built directly on the ground are often visited by the garden ant. The ants settle directly under the concrete floor, where they do penetrate through cracks, like foot panels, and pipe penetrations. They can also settle between the insulation material of the wooden and concrete floor, this will however, damage the wood floor. The first signs of ants inside the house are small piles of gravel or sand that appears at panels. Such piles…

…not without reason that the Hercules ant has earned its name. The Hercules ant is the largest ant in Denmark. However, the ant, which also goes by its Latin name Camponotus herculeanus, is not very common in Denmark. It is only found in North Jutland and North Zealand, where it lives in the areas’ coniferous forests. Appearance Although the Hercules ant as described is the largest ant in Denmark, not all the species’ ants are the same size. The qu…

…es the nests can be found up to a height of 10 m from the ground. Hercules ant on infested wood The ants gnaw their tunnels in the soft spring wood, and leave the summer wood alone, so that in a transverse section of the tree trunk the tunnels appear as numerous regular rings. In a longitudinal section the summer wood remains as a series of lamellae, pierced here and there by openings which connect the different tunnels. There have been cases wher…

…ach Americana, Periplaneta Anagasta kuehniella Anobiidae Ant, common black Ant, pharaoh Apion Apodemus flavicollis Araeocerus fasciculatus Arboreal furniture beetles Auricularia, Forficula Australian spider beetle Bacon beetle Bean moth, cocoo Bean weevil, common Bean weevil Bees Bisquit beetle Black ant, common Black rat Black-legged ham beetle Blowflies Bolting cloth bettle Bostrychidae Booklice Brown house moth Brown rat Brown-banded cockroach…

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(Latin: Acanthomyops fuliginosus, lasius fuliginosus) Jet black ant These shiny, black ants normally live in trees, and they have a distinct smell of oranges. They can establish themselves in the dead parts of trees, in stumps and in wooden floor boards damaged by damp. They gnaw extensive tunnels and holes in the timber, and they fill them with a dark papery material which they make by mixing gnawed wood fragments with saliva and particles of ea…

…nd the wood (see p. 139). Small black ant exit-holes in timber Small black ant These ants form labyrinthine tunnel systems in soft, crumbling timber which has been attacked by fungus or possibly by wood-boring beetles. The surface of the timber takes on a typical rounded and polished appearance. When the colony is deserted the tunnels are completely empty ( see p. 145). There are other ants which also attack timber ( see pp. 120 and 145). Termit…

…sed flour beetles are really good at getting into places where you do not want them. They can easily enter tight-fitting wrappers. Therefore, they can be a particular problem in places where you store your groceries. Damage The flour beetle can be harmful to both private homes and in industrial sectors. In the industry, they often attack feed and grain stocks. They can also be found among grocery stores. When found in the home, they have usually e…