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Housefly

…living rooms around the world and is incredibly widespread. In Latin, the housefly is called Musca domestica, and originally it comes from Siberia. The housefly is an ancient species, it is believed that it came to Denmark during the Iron Age. So, it is an insect that has been part of our lives in Denmark for a very long time. Appearance The gray-colored housefly is about 6-8 mm long. It can be recognized by the four black stripes on the back and…

House longhorn beetle

…l pupa in an extended area at a time. Here, the transformation takes place from first pupa and then adult house longhorn beetle. When the development is complete, it breaks out of the surface of the tree through its flight hole. Preferably on a hot summer day. Together with the drill dust, the fly hole is a clear sign of the house longhorn beetle’s presence. The flight holes are most often oval and often have slightly frayed or irregular edges. Th…

Beech marten

…re louder than rats. The second sign is the smell and leftovers. Excrement from a house marten has a particularly strong odor. The excrement can be recognized by their twisted shape and the fact that house marten most often tries to keep their excrement in one area. The contents will consist of the things that the house marten has not been able to digest, which are typically feathers, hair and bone remains. Damage It is also important to make sure…

House dust mites

…skin, it is not due to house dust mites. There is only one real danger of house dust mites, and that is house dust mite allergy, which some people unfortunately develop over the course of their lives. Damage When it comes to allergies and animals, there can be different reasons why a person experiences an allergic reaction. As house dust mites are an animal species, it is also possible to develop allergies, but the actual reaction is fortunately…

Index

…legged Hofmannophila pseudopretella Hololeucus, Niptus House cricket House fly House fly, lesser House moth, brown House dust mites House mite, common House mouse House sparrow Hymen optera Imaginary pests Indian meal moth Interpunctella, Plodia Jackdaws Khapra beetle Kuehniella, Anagasta Kuehniella, Ephestia Lactis, Carpoglyphus Laemophloeus ferrugineus Lardarius, Dermestes Larder beetle Lardoglyphus zacheri Lasioderma serricorne Lasius niger Lat…

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…

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…

The lesser house fly

Latin: Fannia 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 ar…

Yellow swarming fly

…ch season can offer many generations of new yellow swarming flies, but the fly only overwinters as an adult fly and not as a larva. During the spring months, the air can swarm by small yellow swarming fly that are on their way out of their wintering grounds and are in search of food. The adult flies’ feeds, among other things, on the nectar that comes from flowers. However, the spring swarms are not at the same height as the swarms that occur in t…

The brown house moth

…e to the stock. Prevention and pest control When it comes to keeping brown house moth from buildings, the strategy should rest on prevention. The brown house moth will search for moist food sources and areas. Therefore, one can avoid infestation by providing dry storage conditions for both textiles, seeds, grains, feeds, and the like. If grain, seeds, or feedstuffs have been attacked by brown house moth, they should be dried as soon as possible….

Common cluster fly

…was no heating. Although the cluster fly is a species in the family of the housefly, it does not look very much like its family members. Spit flies are typically recognized by their shiny appearance, almost like metal. The cluster fly, on the other hand, is not metallic, but instead golden and hairy. Appearance Cluster flies are slightly larger than ordinary houseflies. Instead of the metallic, shiny appearance that houseflies have, the cluster fl…

The common house fly

…iginates 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 clumps with approximately 100 eggs and a female lays 10 clumps of eggs in a lifetime. The eggs hatch in 6-8 hours, and the pale limbless maggots seek out places where the temperature is 30 ° C. In pig or calf man…

House dust mites

…ients. The allergens are still in the mite bodies so they are not completely harmless, even if they are dead. Other mites are also found other in house dust samples. In total, there are about 200 different mite 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, mos…

Mouse

…y cause and not just because the eat food stuff and candles. Beside eating from ones food stuff in the kitchen, the house mouse and the yellow-necked mouse can also bite in various textiles, such as curtains, padding, and bed linen, which is used in their nests. They do also gnaw in woodwork, which is used in their nests too. Not even cabels are safe; the house mouse and the yellow-necked mouse also bites into various electrical installations in s…

Banana flies

…asses of jam are just some of the many temptations that attract the banana fly. The banana fly does not just eat these goods. The female also lays her small whitish eggs in these surroundings. The female can lay 25 eggs in one day, just as she can lay 200 eggs in total in her lifetime. The female’s eggs take about a day to hatch. And out of the eggs come the small larvae that search down into their edible surroundings. The larvae then undergo thei…

Louse flies

…long, as human skin is not an ideal environment for them. Besides, a bite from a louse fly is not dangerous, just unpleasant. One of the biggest nuisances of lice flies is that they can be very discouraging to some people. Their shape and movement, which is considered crab-like, can be unpleasant for some. Fortunately, they are rarely guests inside, and they are also easy to get rid of if you notice many of them in your home. Prevention and contr…

The stable fly

…people often say that now flies have started to bite. It is not the common house fly, which has suddenly become aggressive, but its close relative the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans. Fig. 41. The house fly (left) and the stable fly (right). (Kemper) It is mostly common in the fall, but can also be a nuisance during spring and summer. A stable fly looks like an ordinary house fly, but is characterized by its hard, pointy proboscis which clearly st…

Housefly

…y irritating when they occur in swarms, settling on man and animals. House fly pupa Sometimes various tiny invertebrates can be found hanging on to the legs and body of a housefly. These may be mites of various kinds, which in this way are trans- ported from place to place by the m’bre mobile flies, or they may be false scorpions (p. 66). In all cases these are species which live in or on the manure where the flies develop, and they only release t…

Methods of treatment in pest control

…tioned, some pests thrive best in places where there is a deposit of dust. Fly swats Fly swats can be a useful weapon when only a few gnats or flies have to be dealt with. Heat Insects are sensitive to high temperatures and will be killed in half an hour at 60° C this applies to eggs, larvae and adults. Thus, heating clothing will kill all vermin in it, and heating foodstuffs or wooden objects may also prove a rational method of treatment. Cold At…

Where do the biting and irritating organisms come from?

…ting boxes: Bird fleas Poultry mites Pigeon ticks Martin bugs Forest flies From dog or cat, or from their quarters: Fleas Certain mites From other humans: Itch mite Head lice Body lice Crab lice Human fleas From foodstuffs: Certain mites When travelling (in hotel rooms): Bed bugs Fleas From second-hand furniture or paintings: Bed bugs From public lavatories: Crab lice At home, after being in garden or woodland: Animal fleas Ticks Flower bugs The l…

House longhorn

…in northern Europe it is only in some years that they actively disperse by flying from buildings already infested. There is little doubt that the dispersal of this beetle is mainly effected by man himself. Sometimes the timber may become infected in the merchant’s yard before it reaches the builder, or infection may spread from boxes or furniture which have previously been stored in an infected loft. This species occurs primarily in roof timber, b…

Stinging mosquitoes

…nts together. It typically takes a month for the larva to change skin into pupate. The pupate breaths in the surface of the water. Within a week the pupate cracks and the fully grown forest mosquito emerges. It will now search for vegetation in the nearby surroundings of the puddle where it will stay passively for a few days. Know it is time for some blood if the female mosquito should be able to lay eggs. After mating, the female mosquito will se…

Drone fly larva

…al, but they retain the long ‘tail’ and look somewhat like tiny grey mice. From the pupa emerges a hoverfly, but unlike those •already mentioned, this species is remarkably like a honey bee (see p. 31). Some hoverfly larvae can live in carrion and these have given rise to the very old story that bees can come forth from the rotting carcase of an ox. The myth appears to have been old in the time of the ancient Egyptians where both the bull and the…

Index

…h marten faeces scent tracks Bees Beetles Bird fleas Biscuit beetle Biting housefly Biting lice Black rat droppings Black vine-weevil Blattel/a germanica Blatta orientalis Blattodea Blowflies Body louse Bombus hypnorum Bombus lapidarius Booklice , Bostrychid beetles Bostrychider Bostrychoplites cornutus Brown dog tick Brown house moth Brown rat droppings Brown-banded cockroach Bumble bees Butterflies Cabbage white butterflies Cadelle beetle Callid…

Dust mites

…because it is in the process of finding the next house. It therefore moves from house to house, without spending too much time outside. Damage The dust mite does not stay near people, as it is often found in attics and conservatories. In rare cases the dust mite have bitten people, but it is in self-defense and not deliberately to suck blood. As the dust mite only sucks blood from other insects. It is therefore not like other insects that stings o…

House mouse

…s that this is not the first time it has visited the kitchen cupboard. The house mouse came originally from south-western Asia. It has spread to all parts of the earth, mainly with the help of man. It has an amazing ability to adapt and it now occurs more or less wherever man has settled. In most areas this mouse is associated with buildings, often moving out into the fields in summer, but almost always retreating indoors in autumn. In buildings t…

The brown house moth

…eed 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 brown house moth larvae are very sensitive to dehydration and cannot pursue their development if the humidity is consistently below 80% RH. Theref…

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…

Faeces

…re marked by longitudinal ridges and their ends are more truncated. Common house mouse excrements House mouse droppings are cylindrical, and usually 6 mm long and 2.0-2.5 mm across. Excrements from yellow-necked mouse Yellow-necked mouse faeces are relatively short and thick in comparison with those of the house mouse. Excrements from brown rat Brown rat droppings are cylindrical, usually with blunt ends, and they are 17 mm long and 6 mm across, b…

Brown dog tick

…an be transmitted between the apartments. Prevention and pest control The house fleet originates from warmer latitudes and is therefore sensitive to the cold temperatures on Danish soil. This means that in Denmark it cannot overwinter outdoors or in unheated houses. Therefore, the control of the tick should preferably be directed towards treating the dog, just as one should find any breeding and hiding places indoors. Often, the dog will be able…