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Stinging mosquitoes

…water. In the house mosquito group, there several species, where the most common is the large house mosquito and the small house mosquito. Large house mosquitoes are called Culiseta annulata in Latin. They are gray and have white rings on their legs. If you get a mosquito bite in the winter, it will typically be by a large house mosquito. The small house mosquito is called in Latin Culex pipiens. They are brownish in their color, and they do not…

The house mouse

…e 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 many different places. The result is that they contaminate…

Housefly

…he bacterium campylobacter. However, in Denmark this is a minor issue. The house fly is most often an annoyance in house placed near farms. Please read below on how to prevent the house fly in the home. Prevention and pest control If you do not want the housefly in your home, there are several options for prevention and control. If you have a home near a farm and have major issues with flies, you can prevent this by setting up insect nets in front…

Common woodboring beetles

…boring beetle larva will cease. This is also the reason why attacks by the common woodboring beetle are rare in newer houses, as the climate indoor is healthy with a low humidity. Damage There is no doubt that the common woodboring beetle leaves harmful traces that are highly visible. As the larvae get bigger, they will gnaw further into the wood and thus expand their boreholes. This results in small holes in the woodwork. In the case of a powerfu…

The sugar mite

…l directions. Each leg ends in a very thin and long drawn joint. The sugar mite feeds on the fungi that infest hay, straw and grain. In cereals this is usually the first species to appear after harvest. In intervention cereals the sugar mite is often seen for the first time around October 10th and is a kind of precursor to the actual sugar mite infestations that start a few months later. The sugar mite takes up a lot of the landscape. For the same…

The prune mite

…days during optimal conditions at 25 ° C and 85% relative humidity. Prune mite A female mite can in 20 days lay 278 eggs and this explains how it is possible for a prune mite population to increase its number of individuals a hundred times within just 16 days. The prune mite itself does no real damage other than to discredit whatever it lives in as this gradually becomes disgusting and unsalable. Its presence is also an indication that the substr…

House mouse

…wing the treated kernels for a characteristic, crescent-shaped appearance. House mice are omnivorous but they prefer seeds, particularly cereals and cereal products, but when these are lacking they will feed on the strangest things, such as soap, wax candles and putty. An adult mouse eats about 3 grams of solid food a day, which corresponds to 70-100 grains of wheat, but they destroy many more because ‘they seldom consume the whole grain. In fact…

House cricket

…in panelling behind heating installations, quite frequently in breweries. House crickets often occur in new buildings and this is probably because such places provide good shelter and food, and half-finished houses are easy to enter. It is also possible that these insects may, in some cases, be brought in with building materials or packaging. In northern Europe house crickets do not normally survive outside during the winter and most of them come…

The lesser house fly

…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 are flat with a r…

Exit-holes in timber

…lso attack timber ( see pp. 120 and 145). Termites exit-holes in timber Termites Termites excavate trees, leaving behind the hard summer wood in the form of lamellae. There is no wood dust in the tunnels, but one finds the nest chambers, which are built of earth particles cemented together ( see p.149). Larder beetles exit-holes in timber Larder beetles The larvae of many beetles and moths sometimes gnaw their way into timber when they are about…

The harvest mite

…e larval stage cannot complete its development in humans, because we usually manage to scratch off the larva before it has time to eat. Larval bites are not felt. When bitten, a rash, Trombiculosis, occurs as the skin reacts to the mite saliva. The mites cannot be eradicated, but local nuisance can be partially remedied by spraying with an insecticide or any products intended for control of mites on plants. For personal protection mosquito repelle…

House longhorn

…val life is probably about 3-4 years, but it can be much longer. The larva feeds mainly on the sapwood and often gnaws outwards towards the surface until only a thin papery layer separates it from the outside world. The house longhorn’s fly hole can be recognized by its irregular shape When fully grown it pupates in a special pupal chamber which is sealed with coarse chips, but just before doing this it gnaws an exit-hole through which it will lat…

The house sparrow

…rregular, globular nests are lined with plant fibres, hair, feathers and random material such as paper and plastic. The sparrows get 2-3 broods during the summer. They feed the young with insects, but the adults live predominantly of waste from households as well as grain and seeds. House sparrows forage on the ground, often in flocks. There are several species of sparrows that – superficially – looks like house sparrows, but they do not build nes…

Most Common House Bugs

The common black ant

…xcrement, but also various small insects, which they overpower. In private households, shops and businesses the ants especially seek towards sweet and sugary foods. The common black ants hardly have any significance as disease carriers. Often the first signs of ant activity inside, are small piles of sand and gravel, which suddenly appear by panels. These are the ants’ waste piles and one can in the dredged material find insect remains, empty pupa…

Lacewing

…ok for a place to spend the winter, and some will then find their way into houses, and particularly lofts and outhouses. In the wild they spend the winter under bark or in similar sheltered spots. If their hiding-place becomes warm during the winter they will wake up, and this means that they will die quite quickly of hunger. Lacewing If, on the other hand, the temperature remains low the lacewings will remain motionless throughout the winter, and…

Trombiculosis

…ed by placing the mites found on a microscope slide with a drop of Hoyer’s Medium for further examination in microscopes of high magnification. The animals can be easily be caught on a piece of adhesive tape. The harvest mite larva is red. There are other red or reddish mites that are found around houses, trees, rocks, and walls. For example, the red wall mite, Balaustium murorum and the clover mite, Bryobia praetiosa. However, they are both commo…

Flour mite

…t thrive if the relative humidity is less than 65 per cent. Enlarged flour mite Flour mites are able to survive periods with unfavourable conditions. After the second nymphal stage they may pass into what is known as a hypopus stage, in which they are almost immobile and very resistant to desiccation. In the hypopus stage they can also be transported, e.g. by flies. If there is any doubt as to whether flour is infested with mites it is only necess…

Red poultry mite

…sh, and if it has fasted for a long period it is almost white. The poultry mite lives in henhouses, in dovecotes and similar places, where it remains hidden in crevices during the day. At night it emerges to suck blood. The female lays up to 10 eggs at a time in the hiding-places. She may repeat this process several times, but must eat blood •between each egg-laying session. In the summer the development from the egg to the adult takes 8-10 days….

The canine nasal mite

…for a mite. They do not they eggs but give birth to live nymphs. What they feed on is not known. The nasal mites live in the nasal passages and paranasal sinuses of the dogs. When the dogs are sleeping (or are anesthetized), they can sometimes wander out of the nostrils, so you see them. Usually, the infected dogs do not have any, but it is believed that the mites can cause sneezing, chronic rhinitis, etc. in dogs. No treatment is known. If contro…

Three kinds of fur mites

…ur mites. The rabbit fur mite, Cheyletiella parasitovorax is found in 50-100% of domestic and wild rabbits in other countries. Rabbits are rarely bothered by their fur mites. Rabbit Fur mites can bite humans, but it almost never happens because they rarely have the opportunity….

Wasps

…here the nest itself is inaccessible the powder should be blown into the cracks and crevices used by the wasps when flying in and out of the nest. It is not a good idea to stop up these holes, as the wasps are then quite likely to find their way into the house. In cases where a house proves to be a favourite nesting site for wasps it is always advisable to inspect it early in the summer and to destroy any nests before they become too large. Light…

Common clothes moth

Latin: Tineola bisselliella Common clothes moth This small moth, now common in human habitations in temperate countries, came originally from warmer parts of the world. It was probably not very abundant until houses started to be warmed more or less efficiently. It does not, therefore, live outside in temperate regions, and it is not one of the insects that fly in through an open window. A female clothes moth lays about 100 eggs, which are diffic…

The common bean weevil

…ch live inside seeds, are plump and legless. In the end of the fourth larvae stage they pupate just below the surface of seeds. There may well be cramped. Bean weevil Up to 28 larvae have been found in a single bean. As the common bean weevil is a member of the Bruchidae family, it is also subject to the import restrictions that apply to this entire family, see above. Common bean weevils are exterminated in the same manner as granary weevils….

The common flower bug

…picking fruit, or you can bring them indoors with berries or branches. The common flower bug often bites people. Perhaps they see us as giant aphids. The common flower bug’s bite is quite painful bad but there are usually no continuing effects. The flower bugs can turn raspberry picking into a dubious pleasure. Flower bugs are especially encountered in the late summer. Flower bugs are useful animals, which help keep the aphids-population down, and…

Common furniture beetle

Latin: Anobium punctatum Common furniture beetle This is a very common pest of timber and furniture and is or has been present in most old houses. The adult beetles emerge during the summer months by gnawing their way out from the infected timber through circular exit-holes. It is at this time that wood dust falls out of the timber. The beetles, which only live a couple of weeks, can fly and are often confused with small flies. Shortly after emer…

Oriental or common cockroach

…Latin: Blatta orientalis) Oriental- or common cockroach, male Oriental- or common cockroach, female Oriental cockroaches, adults and nymphs among themselves This species is found in the same kind of place as the German cockroach, but usually at an even higher temperature, and it is not as common. The wings are well-developed in the male, but they are reduced to short stumps in the female. The egg capsule contains about 15 eggs, and the female only…

Prune mite

…Prune mite (Latin: Carpoglyphus lactis) Many of the mites occurring in foods can cause eczema in the people likely to come in contact with them. This mite, which thrives particularly in dried fruit, can cause the condition known as ‘grocer’s itch’ in people who work with mite-ridden goods in stores and warehouses….

Prune mite

…wo by a transverse line. These mites live mainly in dried fruit, and sometimes in jam. People who work with mite-infested goods may suffer from an eczema-like condition because they become sensitive to the mites and to their moulted skins and faeces. Prune mites are particularly likely to produce this type of condition, often known as grocer’s itch, but flour mites may also be responsible….

C: The dead plant niche

…of their diet. 3. Pests in decaying and fermenting plant tissue: The prune mite feeds on bacterial decomposition of sugar in fruit and can be found in dried fruit when the water content is too high. The house fly and the lesser house fly can develop in fermenting and rotting accumulations of plant tissue. In the case of livestock these breeding sites are replaced by animal manure that also contains amounts of plant tissue degradation. Fruit flies…