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B: The seed niche

…iches of these secondary grain pests are probably birds’ nests, where they feed on the spilled feed, when the birds feed their young. 2. Leguminous plant pests: Seeds of the pea family (peas, beans, lentils etc.) are infested mainly by the specialist species, bean weevils, which in warmer countries lay their eggs in the seeds while the plants are still growing. Imported seeds containing these weevils may be massively damaged during storage. Insect…

Fur beetle

…larva is found indoors, it is most likely the brown carpet beetle larva. A common carpet beetle larva is typically found outdoors. Biology and behavior During the summer, one can find the fur beetle near flowering plants. This is because the adult fur beetles feed on nectar and pollen. However, the larvae cannot live on this diet. The female fur beetle typically lay their eggs in mice or bird’s nests. Here there is plenty of fur and/ or feathers,…

Museum beetles

…ds’ nests and in other animal homes or in dry carrion, where the larva can feed on feathers, hair and fragments of meat. They will also eat dead insects and are much feared by insect collectors. These are common insects and as the adults fly well they can be found almost everywhere. The larvae sometimes wander about quite a bit and when they appear in large numbers in a house the source of infection may, for example, be a bird’s nest under the eav…

Pests in food stuff

…s (typically in dry feed for cats and dogs) Skin beetles (typically in dry feed for cats and dogs) Bread beetle Flour mites Merchant grain beetle Saw-grained beetle Rice flour beetle Indianmeal moth Tobacco beetle Pest control in kitchen foods First and fore most it is important to examine all contaminated food stuff and discard them. If an item is simply suspected of being attacked, it can be saved by heating it at 60 degrees for an hour or 80 de…

Rat-tailed maggots

…tor that there is contaminated water nearby. A few rat-tail maggots in the house can be swept outside again. You should never drink water in which rat-tail maggots are found. Likewise, you should keep pets and farm animals away from stagnated water with rat-tail maggots. I you experience rat-tail maggots in the house, like in sinks, gutters, or wells, clean thoroughly immediately, ensuring that the water can run through the drains. The easiest way…

Animals in timber

…tive enzymes in their gut (this applies, for example, to the larvae of the house longhorn beetle), but the majority have a different method, for they have established an association with micro-organisms which help to break down the wood. Finally, there are some species, such as the powder post beetles, which are dependent upon the presence in the wood of starch or sugar. ‘Wormholes’, fly holes of the common furniture beetle, stand for many as a gu…

Musca autumnalis

…ly known as: Face fly Face fly, Musca autumnalis This is a relative of the common housefly, which it closely resembles, and indeed the two are difficult to distinguish. The eggs are laid in fresh cow pats in the fields and the larvae feed on the dung. The adult flies live around the cattle and are not seen indoors during the summer. In the autumn they sometimes enter outhouses and cool lofts where, like cluster flies, they hide away in cracks and…

Bed bugs

…homes are also plagued by bed bugs, which in rare cases can seek into our houses and bite people. They resemble our own bugs to confusion. The bat bug (Cimex pipistrelli) live in places where dwarf bats have their resting places. Bats sometimes settle in attics in residential buildings and then their bed bugs seek down and bite people. This happens especially if the bats for any reason disappears from the house and the bed bugs are left without t…

Ernobius mollis

…rk borer) only attacks coniferous wood with bark edge. This beetle is very common and can be found practically everywhere that timber with the bark still on is used in house construction. The damage done is purely superficial and will not affect the mechanical strength. On the other hand, if such timber is covered with sheets of any kind the emerging beetles will gnaw their way out and leave unsightly holes. The position is more serious when the t…

Silverfish

…ecies, the oven fish, thrives in warmer and drier places, but it is not as common in Denmark as the silverfish. The silverfish is nocturnal. And it is during the night they are feeding. The silverfish hide in cracks and cervices during the day. It is here you will find the silverfish, so do remember to vacuum in those places, if you want to get rid of the silverfish. The silverfish also lay its eggs in cracks and cervices. The timespan from the eg…

Plaster beetles

…s, can be quite abundant in mouldy hay.Lathridius minutus, one of the most common mould beetles, can be quite abundant in mouldy hay. They are associated with the mites and booklice in mould fauna. They rarely do any real damage, but can occasionally damage dried fruit. Their presence is a warning that the product may have decreased in quality due to fungal growth and it may even be unhealthy to consume. Plaster beetles are exterminated and preven…

Martin bug

…Martin bug (Latin: Oeciacus hirundinis) This relatively small species is found in the nests of house martins and swallows, and sometimes in those of house sparrows and woodpeckers. It may occasionally be found in a house, particularly after young house martins have left the nest….

Animals in thatch

…urce of food and start to pull at the thatch in order to reach the larvae. House Sparrows House sparrows (see also p. 84) often build in thatch. They pull out the straw and make tunnels in the roof, particularly in the eaves and along the ridge. The only effective, but not very attractive, method of preventing this is to cover these areas with galvanized chicken netting. The Beech Marten The beech marten sometimes finds its way into lofts (see p….

Brown dog tick

…intance. If the distance between the dwellings is short – as in a terraced house or apartment – there is a risk that the house ticks can 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 prefera…

Small black or garden ant

…ck garden ant These are the ants most commonly seen on verandas and in the house. They live in the ground, frequently under rocks or flagstones, and they will often penetrate under the house itself, particularly if it has been built directly on the ground. Ants frequently build nests in the insulation layer and from there they penetrate up into the house itself through the cracks which inevitably appear in the cement. Garden ants can also build in…

Jet ant

…nest directly in the woodwork on the house, which create problems for the house owner. The jet ant feeds mainly on smaller insects, plant juices and the excrement from aphid. They create paths from their nest to the tress filled with aphids, those trails are maintained each year and they can be up to 40 meters long. The ants create an extremely humid environment around their nest, and they will gnaw in the tree to create their nest. This is the r…

Bumble bee wax moth

…y at what they gnaw into. Therefore, woodwork, garden furniture, walls or floors can end up being the object of the larvae’s bite. Often, however, the damage after their gnawing marks will be of a superficial nature. Prevention and pest control It is rare for the larvae to infiltrate the house itself to pupate. Therefore, they rarely pose the great irritation and harm to the occupants of the house and are generally considered to be quite harmless….

Callidium violaceum

…tem under the bark of a spruce raft. The larvae are often brought into the house with bark-covered timber, and are common in firewood (only softwoods), and in planks of pine or spruce that still have the bark on. The larvae can thrive in timber until the whole of the layer between bark and wood has been used up, but the attack cannot spread to timber without bark. The best method of stamping out an attack is simply to remove the bark. As in the ca…

Pests in bird’s nests

…that hundreds of nests of sparrows, swallows, pigeons and jackdaws contain food pests. It is among others brown house moths, bacon beetles, yellow mealworm beetles, Australian spider beetles, drugstore beetles, silverfish, lesser house flies, flour mites and common house mites. The British conclusion that bird nests are breeding grounds for some of the pests that appear indoors probably fit the conditions of other similar countries. There is there…

Methods of treatment in pest control

…s it has been found that such traps are not very effective in dealing with common houseflies. Light traps are not suitable for catching mosquitoes and other irritating insects on verandas, in vegetable gardens, etc. A light trap set up in the garden will certainly kill a large number of insects but it will attract still more to the area, and of those killed the majority will be harmless. Other traps For rats and mice traps will usually be the most…

Housefly

Common house fly Latin: Musca domestica This is by far the most common fly found in houses, and although it may occur in any room it is mainly found near to foodstuffs. It has been suggested that this fly came originally from Africa, but nowadays it has followed man to all corners of the earth. In northern Europe it probably did not become established before man kept domestic animals indoors during the winter, a practice which did not start until…

Human fleas

…nly live on people. They are also found on pigs in stalls, as well as on foxes, badgers and rats, but not in Denmark. In Southern and Central Europe, the human flea is still common inside houses. Human fleas are controlled by spraying the house with one of the remedies used to control cat fleas….

Cat fleas bite people

…ve hatched while you were away attack you. In a house with cat fleas, flea bites are often seen equal frequent in children. On adult humans, flea bites are mostly common with women (2/3) and not as common with men (1/3). The cause of this phenomenon is not known….

Brown carpet beetle

…excellent 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, o…

A bit of history

…haps pilgrims, from the south. They quickly became common, were given many common names and soon a lot of superstition was attached to the intrusive guests. One of the more strange pieces of advice for avoiding bed bugs comes from Vendsyssel in Denmark and requires keeping a human skull from a grave in the farmhouse in order to never get bed bugs. It was also said that the bed bugs were displaced by the smell of a sheep, so in some areas the famil…

German cockroach

…mark – and yet. In Denmark we find the German cockroach, which is the most common house cockroach here. This pest is related to grasshoppers and crickets and do have common characteristics. Appearance Typically, the German Cockroach, also known by the name Blattella germanica, can be recognized by the oval and flattened body as well their characteristic legs. This species of cockroaches can grow up to 1.6 cm long and the large cover wings that cov…

Case bearing clothes moth

…eir tube firmly to the substrate. The case bearing clothes moth larva pupates inside its case. In other respects its habits and life history are similar to those of the common clothes moth, but it requires a higher humidity, and it has become less common as a pest in recent years….

Appearance

…anby) The adult female itch mite is only 1/3 mm long. The other stages, which are most numerous, are smaller. The color is brown and white. The body is round and the rear legs are relatively long. When the mites dig, it extends the hind legs in order to get mouthparts at an appropriate angle when biting. The mite’s body is grooved and covered with small spines, which possibly help it dig….

Scabies in animals

…rite places on the cats. In cows, the tail heads are popular with the itch mites, and in pigs, mites are almost exclusively found on the inside of the ears. Diagnosis The veterinarian will help diagnose the animal. The mites are detected through a microscope. Samples of the suspicious crust are removed with a scalpel or sharp spoon. Treatment If you have doubts about the treatment, your veterinarian can help you. The pesticides are available at th…

Small mites

…ause skin symptoms in humans (house dust mites, storage mites, etc.).Finally, few species have bad reputations (follicle mites, ear mites and nasal mites). Mite species can only be determined by means of a microscope….