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Portuguese slug

…d. The front body is smooth, and it has two eyes on the “head”. Like other slugs, the portuguese slug leaves a slimy trail behind wherever it is. Biology and behavior The portuguese slug quickly got its nickname, the killer snail, because it simply rages both gardens and nature. The portuguese slug is especially unpopular with homeowners who have decorative plants and kitchen gardens, as the slug eats its way through all this planting relentlessly…

Yellow shadow ant

Latin: Lasius umbratus A yellow shadow ant is not just a yellow ant. There are many different yellow ants, all belonging to the same genus, such as the ants Lasius umbratus, Lasius flavus and Lasius mixtus. Many of these ants are common in Denmark. But especially one species of yellow ant with the Latin name Lasius umbratus will often appear indoors, where it can be a troublesome guest. And it is this species that the following refers to. Appeara…

Yellow swarming fly

…umn, where it can find its way into habitats to overwinter. Appearance The yellow swarming fly is a rather small, as a full-grown fly only grows about three millimeters long. The fly has a yellowish color, while over the back it has several black drawings as well as dark, wide transverse stripes on the hind body. Biology and behavior The yellow swarming fly belongs to the family (Chloropidae), a large family of small flies, most of which are assoc…

Mouse

…live near a forest, you are more likely to see and have problems with the yellow-necked mice. The yellow-necked mice seeks inside the house in the end of November. They rarely reproduce indoors, even though they still build nests to their own need. They will be more active guest, as they move when their feed stores are run-out. Damage Both the house mice and the yellow-necked mice are omnivorous, which can cause a major problem when they reside i…

The yellow mealworm beetle

…se insects might jostle their way through pipe ducts and vents. Fig. 5.30. Yellow mealworm beetle. a: larva, b: pupa, c: adult, d: egg surrounded by flour particles, e: antennae. The yellow mealworms beetle is not a significant pest compared to years ago when it was common in grain storages and small mills. Today it often lives in sparrows’ nests. If you are bothered by yellow mealworm beetles in a building, you should detect and remove any birds’…

Snails in the house

…reathing land slugs. Snails inside houses are typically the cellar slug or yellow slug also known by the Latin name Limax flavus or the great grey slug by the Latin name Limax maximus. So, there are different types of snails to be found inside the danish homes. Appearance The common feature for air-breathing land slugs is that they are without a shell. If you look at the individual snail species, however, they are different in both size and appear…

Yellow-necked mouse

( Latin: Apodemus flavicollis) Most yellow-necked mice spend the whole of the year out in the open, but some enter houses, usually later on than the house mice, about the end of October. They will eat stores of fruit in cellars or other places. In the wild, yellow-necked mice feed on all kinds of seeds and they are very fond of hazelnuts and almonds. They are primarily woodland animals, which have spread to gardens and parks with scattered trees…

The yellow-necked mouse

Latin: Apodemus flavicollis. The yellow-necked mouse is dark brown on the top side, while the underside is pure white, except for a brown band (collar) in front of the front legs. It is larger than the house mouse, head and body measuring 10-12 cm, and the tail is slightly longer than the rest of the animal. It is primarily associated with forests, but is also common in gardens with many trees and shrubs. Most of the year they stay out in the ope…

Slugs

…7 -10 cm, and is pale greyish with darker spots and a reticulate pattern. Yellow slug, Limax flavus Another species, the great slug, L. maximus, which sometimes enters houses, reaches a length of up to 15 cm. It is also greyish but often with a more reddish tinge, and the front part of the body is marbled, the rear part having dark stripes. These slugs are found particularly in cellars and outhouses. During the day they normally remain hidden in…

Index

…th Warehouse moth, tropical Wasps Weevil, coffee bean Weevil, common bean Weevil, corn Weevil, granary Weevil, rice Weevil, true White-marked spider beetle Yellow meal worm beetle Yellow-necked mouse Zeamais, Sitophilus Zacheri, Lardoglyphus…

Woodboring beetle

…the chest. If you are in doubt of the species of a specific beetle, these yellow spots will be characteristic for the Hadrobregmus pertinax. Its head is hidden under the neck shield. The larva is c-shaped and is white with yellow hairs. Biology and behavior To attract the females, the male makes a ticking sound, by banging his head against the woodwork. After mating, the female lays about 10 eggs, which are placed in cracks in the tree. The prefe…

Wasp beetle

…the two animals is by noticing that the wasps’ stripes are more black than yellow, with the wasps being more yellow than black. In addition, the wasp beetle’s legs are longer, so it can crawl around more easily, where the wasp’s legs are shorter, so it can fly more easily. Finally, the wasp has its transparent wings on each side of the body, where the wasp beetle has no wings at all. Therefore, the wasp beetle cannot fly either, but typically stay…

Animals in paper, leather and plastics

…order to get in or out of paper bags or packaging. Hole in wallpaper after yellow slug There are, however, only a few species, such as boring beetles and silverfish, which actually feed on a diet of paper, which consists almost entirely of cellulose (see p. 107). Glazed paper also contains glues which may, for example, attract cockroaches, and finally damp paper will provide a substrate for the growth of various kinds of fungus, and this makes it…

Mining bees

…bee in the same way as you can recognize an “ordinary” bee, namely on its yellow and black stripes, elongated, pill-shaped body and transparent wings. However, mining bees are generally smaller than ordinary honeybees, but a few species are the size of honeybees. In terms of color, some of them may be roughly the same shade as honeybees, while others have a darker, yellow hue. In addition, some of them are more hairy, so you could confuse them wi…

Mealworm beetle

( Latin: Tenebrio molitor) Yellow mealworm beetle This beetle is best known from its larvae, known as mealworms, which are a favourite food for cage birds and vivarium animals. Mealworms are particularly associated with corn or flour, but sometimes they can also be found in sparrows’ nests where they feed on the birds’ droppings. Most of them overwinter as larvae, change into beetles during the following summer and die in the autumn. In former ti…

Faeces

…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, but the size varies considerably according to the age of animal. Brown rats have a tendency to use special latrine sites but…

Wharf borer Beatle

…n color, while its coverts are black. The legs are black on the inside and yellow-red on the outside. Sometimes the wharf borer beetle is confused with a wooden buck, as it has correspondingly long feeler horns. The larva of the wharf borer beetle has a whitish-yellow color and can grow 2 to 3 centimeters long. The larva has characteristics that make it different from many other beetle larvae. It has 3 pairs of well-developed feet at the breast ar…

Banana flies

…e. The fully grown banana fly is between 2 to 4 millimeters long and has a yellow-brown color. Its eyes are red or brown. It is first and foremost the flying style of the banana flies that makes them easily recognizable as they have an almost airy and hovering way of flying. The banana fly larvae are between 4 and 5 millimeters long and are small maggots that have a whitish-yellow color. Biology and behavior As described, banana flies are incredib…

Pine weevil

…ots and twigs, but indoors they are quite harmless. The beetles occur particularly in new timber houses, and they are possibly attracted by the scents given off during the first few years. Pine weevil (left) can be confused with the Black vine weevil. Both have stains off yellow hair on the wings. The snout of the pine weevil is much longer. This species may easily be confused with the black vine-weevil (p. 203). Both are about the same size and h…

Rape blossom beetle

…en very large numbers. Like many other insects, the beetle is attracted to yellow colors. If you are wearing yellow clothes, it is therefore an open invitation to the rape blossom beetle, who will land on one in large numbers. During the winter months, the adult rape blossom beetle overwinters in the earth’s top 10 centimeters. While overwintering, they can withstand temperatures as low as -12 ° C. When spring announces its arrival, they begin to…

Woodwasps

…also be larger than the males. For both sexes, they are bluish black with yellow or reddish stripes, as we know it from the classic bee or wasp. The wasps lay eggs, which subsequently develop into larvae that can grow up to 4 centimeters long. The larvae are white yellow with three sets of breast feet, and at the tip of the hind body they have a short and dark thorn. Biology and behavior The appearance of this pest can be frightening to many and…

Museum beetles

…ave an attractive matt pattern formed by numerous small, black and reddish-yellow scales. The larvae, which are yellow-brown and hairy, are known as ‘woolly bears’. At the rear end they have a tuft of long hairs, which can be erected when the larva is threatened. The adult beetles are seen especially in the spring. Like the preceding species they often sit on flowers where they feed on the pollen and nectar. Museum beetle larvae can live of dead i…

The white-marked spider beetle

…n in nature. Males are elongated, with almost parallel sides, while the female has round arched elytrons. On the prothorax, it has two stripes of closely spaced white-yellow hair, which comes together in the back and draws a V. On the elytrons there are 4 white-yellow spots….

Carpet beetles

…the carpet beetles have a matte surface that is covered with small reddish yellow scales that form a pattern. The carpet beetle is 2-4 mm long, but its larvae can grow up to 5 mm long and are yellow brown. The larvae have brownish hairs, at the hind body they have tufts of hair, which are used to deviate from threats. Biology and behavior The carpet beetle belongs to the subfamily Megatominae. If you take a closer look at the biology of the carpet…

Key to the Main Groups

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Slugs

…slug ( Latin: genus Limax) Slugs are peaceful and. in general completely harmless animals. In very damp places they may, however, damage paper when feeding on the moulds growing on it. In wine cellars slugs often cause havoc by eating the labels off the bottles….

Index

…us Gnats Goat moth Golden spider beetle Gracilia minuta Grain weevil Great slug Grey fleshfly Grey worm Harvestmen Head louse Hercules ant Hide beetles Hippoboscidae Hirundo rustica Hofmannophila pseudospretella Honey bee Hornet House centipede House cricket House longhorn faeces House martin House mouse droppings House sparrow Housefly Hoverfly Human flea Hyle sinus fraxini Hvlobius abietis Hylotrupes bajulus Ichneumons lnachis io Indian meal mot…

Life cycle

…six-legged. They are 0.2-0.3 mm long, but because of their red or reddish-yellow color, they can easily be seen. When a larva has had a blood meal, it has almost doubled in size. It lets go of the host and fall to the ground. It finds a hiding place where it can molt and become a free-living nymph. The older stages of the harvest mites are almost never seen. They hunt other small animals and are without particular interest to us. Adult harvest mi…

Stinging jellyfish

…s prey. (Boas-Thomsen) The red jellyfish, Cyanea capillata is almost brown-yellow. Its disk can be as big as a plate and can carry up to five meters long stinging tentacles behind it. On the stinging tentacles are cnidoblasts, which at touch uncoil and release corrosives. They are used to paralyze their prey: small crustaceans, fry, etc., but can also be unpleasant for bathing people. The affected area of the skin feels painful and turns red. The…

Fungus in timber

…is usually dark brown to black when wet. One of the common species is the yellow Coniophora cerebella. Dry Rot is caused by the fungus Merulius lacrymans which can thrive in timber with a water content as low as 20 per cent, and once an attack has started the fungus can spread to dry timber, because it brings with it the water derived from the break- down of the original damp timber. Dry rot can spread several metres through cracks and over mason…