Category: Insects

Adult bed bugs are 4–5 mm long and 1.5–3 mm wide. They have a light brown to reddish brown color.Below 16.1°c, bed bugs enter relative dormancy and can survive longer, they can survive for at least five days at -10°c but die after 15 minutes of exposure at 32°C.Bed bugs are bloodsucking insects. They can… Continue reading BED BUGS

Moths are small insects measuring 6 mm, with wingspan 12 mm, golden brown in color, larvae are white. Females lay eggs in cracks and crevices near a food source or directly on the food source, bonding them with an extremely sticky substance that makes removing the eggs very difficult. A female can lay several hundred… Continue reading MOTH

The size of an adult flea ranges from 1.5 to 3.3 mm in length. Color it is usually dark. Fleas are wingless insects; their feet are long, with the hind pair well adapted for jumping. The lifespan of an adult flea can be up to a year or several years. Females flea can lay 5,000… Continue reading FLEAS

Females deposit their eggs near the water or on the surface of the water. The larval and pupal stages develop in water.Mosquitoes that emerge from the water stages mate, after which the femalesseek to suck blood to obtain the proteins necessary for egg development.The male mosquito does not suck blood, but can feed on the… Continue reading MOSQUITOES

There are four main types of termites: drywood termites ,subterranean termites, mound and forest termites, and wetwood termites. Termites are social insects that live in colonies within anorganized structure.The family consists of winged, reproductive, worker, and soldier termites. Workers are the most numerous in the colony and are responsible for gathering food. There are three… Continue reading TERMITES

The most common rodents are the house mouse (m. musculus), the roof rat (r. rattus) and the Norway rat (r. norvegicus). They are active usually at night, feed on a variety of foods, but prefer cereals. Rats usually follow a defined route to the feeding site leaving a patch or track. Mice build dens, which… Continue reading RODENTS

An adult cockroach has an average length of 1.1-1.6 cm , with sixlegs, two antennae and some even have wings but are unable to fly.They have a color from red to black with two parallel dark stripes on the dorsal side. Bakers are better at hiding, making it very difficult to find them. Their eggs… Continue reading COCKROACHES

Adult ant species come in many different shapes and sizes, are divided into three colony castes; queens, workers or males. Queens are fertile females that lay all the eggs in one colony. The workers are wingless women who collect food, feed larvae, maintain the nest, protect the colony and do not reproduce. ants males are… Continue reading ANTS