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…ike to make trips in and out of the house. If you find or suspect that the house is infested with herculean ants, you should first contact your insurance company. The best way to get rid of the ants is to find the ant nest itself and destroy it. But it can be a difficult task and often it will not be enough to take the fight against the ants into your own hands. It usually requires the help of a professional pest service to put an effective stop t…

…a scent track towards the food item, while the worker ant claps other ants with its antennae. The worker feeds the others with the food found, and now a caravan of ants will find their way to the site. The predominant food for the black garden ants is sweet liquids, which is the excrement from aphids. To a certain extent, they get nutrition by overpower and eat various small animals. They build the anthill in the ground, preferably under tiles or…

…nd water available for the rats. This can be both bird and animal feeding, open rubbish bins and open compost piles. Detection of rats Since rats are such a common problem in Denmark, many suspect rats, even though it may be mice that create the problems. Fortunately, there are a few ways to determine if you have rats or mice in your home. If you get a glimpse of a rat that seems a little small, it could be a rat cub. You can recognize a rat by it…

…he tanbark borer is fully grown, it is between 10 and 15 millimeters long. Its breast usually has an orange color, while its coverts are characterized by a blue color. However, there are also variants of the tanbark borer, where their front part of the chest is instead brown or black, and where the wings are brown or yellowish. The larvae of the tanbark borer are very similar to the other species in the borer beetle family. They all have a yellowi…

…to sleepy neighbors, just as birds can generally clog downpipes and drains with their nesting materials. In addition, pigeons can come with unintended “side gains”, as they can carry around annoying small crawls such as the pigeon tick. It is also this boring tendency that allows pigeons to act as spreaders of disease. In Denmark, however, only a few cases are known where pigeons have spread dangerous diseases. Prevention and pest control The best…

…m). Appearance Typically, the woodworm is characterized by its brown shell with dotted stripes on the cover wings. Their size is typically 3-5 mm. Traces of the woodworm are often found in older houses as well as outdoors, where it lives in wooden fences, dead trees, and other types of soft wood. The woodworm will typically be seen during the summer months – especially from June to August due to the warmer weather. Hench the high number of woodwor…

…start laying eggs themselves. If a banana fly has all the circumstances in its favor, it can go through its entire development – from being an egg itself to laying an egg – in just 10 days. Sheltered indoor areas provides the banana fly the best conditions. Damage As such, the banana flies do not harm us. But that does not mean they are pleasant to have indoors. Not least because their eggs are difficult to see with the naked eye, which is why the…

…wn, and down over the back runs two lighter brown bands that have given it its characteristic name. At the front of the head, it has two long feeler horns. The female’s wings do not completely cover the hind body and she is slightly wider than the male. Biology and behavior The brown-banded cockroach originates as described from the warmer countries. Therefore, it also requires a certain amount of heat to thrive. In fact, the cockroach prefers war…

…or longer snout. Hence the name. The borer snout beetle is often confused with its family members, for example the grain snout beetle. Appearance The borer snout beetle has a dark color that changes from dark brown to a black-brown shade. The adult beetle measures between 3 to 4 millimeters. The larvae, on the other hand, are pale and have a curved shape, just as they are quite boneless. Biology and behavior The borer snout beetle has its very ow…

…his breathing tube protrudes. Although the butterfly mosquito is small and with relatively large wings, it is poor at flying. When it moves, this happens in a bouncing and soft manner- or simply just by wandering around. At rest, the wings are held over the body like a roof. Biology and behavior Butterfly mosquitoes lay up to 100 eggs. The small eggs are oval, white, and long, but measures only 0.2 mm. The indoor species of the butterfly mosquitoe…

…onies that share a larger area. The female plasterer bee builds a nest for itself and its larvae, but several females do not live together, and the males are unwelcoming in these nests. It can be difficult for an ordinary person to distinguish between a plasterer bee and a honeybee, or a completely different kind of bee. Which type of species that just flown past one really do not matter unless it stings. The plaster bee is in general not aggressi…

…aviator. On hot summer days, the beetle will be able to fly from house to house without difficulties and fly in through open windows. In larger buildings, it can also crawl from apartment to apartment by piping. However, it is not always the brown carpet beetle itself that is responsible for the transport. Often the spread of the beetle is due to beetles or larvae being moved from one place to another through food, furniture, textiles, or the lik…

…ax. 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 preferred cracks consist mainly of old fly holes or passages, where the newly hatched larvae will immediately drill into the wood. Throughout t…

…to adult takes approx. 120 days. The little bread beetle does not rest on its laurels. And already shortly after it itself is pupated, it even begins on mating and laying. Then the beetles fly towards the light and you therefore often find them in the windowsills. Damage The bread beetles usually cause harm to our food. As such, they are not a hazard to our health if ingested or stored in our foods, but they are also not very appetizing additives…

…ollis – differs slightly from other types of borer beetles. This is due to its skin skeleton, which is not as hard as in other of its fellow species. Appearance The fully grown soft wood boring beetle can grow between 3 and 6 millimeters long. It is covered with fine, short hair. These hairs give it a light, almost golden-brown color. However, the soft wood boring beetle does not go through life with that hair splendor. Instead, the hairs wear out…

…are several different species of mosquitoes. Midges, like mosquitoes, have wings, and these wings lies flat over their backs when the midges rest. Some species of midges have beautiful spots on their wings, although these spots will be difficult for humans to see. One will typically see female midges as only the females are bloodsuckers however the females and males looks like each other. Biology and behavior Midges likes humid and warm weather, s…

…also has a larval stage. During this larval stage, one can recognize it by its completely white color. The larva can grow up to 5 mm long, so it is remarkably larger than an adult human flea. Biology and behavior Both males and females of this species feed on blood from their host or host animal. Therefore they also mate while they are on the host. When the female lays eggs, the eggs usually fall off the host, as eggs from human fleas are smooth….

…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 or bite humans,…

…cover each other when standing still, almost like when a human is sitting with its legs crossed. Biology and behavior Like all other flies, the first life stage of the cluster fly is like eggs, then larva and finally adult fly. Adult cluster flies lay their eggs individually in small cracks in soft soil. When the eggs hatch after a few days, the newly hatched larvae seek against earthworms. Unlike other types of housefly larvae that live in carri…

…r its Latin name as Leptura rubra. Even though it is a beautiful insect in its appearance with their brightly colors, the red-brown longhorn beetle can damage the woodwork of the house. If you find the insect in your home, it is important to react quickly as well as establish preventions. Appearance The red-brown longhorn beetle is 12-18 mm long and is characterized by the reddish brown or red colored cover wings. Color wise there are all kinds of…