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COCKROACH
Scientific name: Blattodea
Cockroaches have 30 species out of 4,600 associated with human habitats such as German, American, Oriental & Brown Banded that live in aquatic, desert, wild and domestic environments.
In relation to synanthropic (domestic) species, they tend to shelter in crevices, hot, humid places, sewage networks, basements, cupboards, drawers, kitchens & food pantries. In general, they have nocturnal habits & during the day they live hidden in dark corners.
RISKS
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cockroaches are “unhygienic scavengers in human settlements.”
Cockroaches pick up disease causing organisms like bacteria, fungus & virus on their hairy legs & body parts that deposits on food thereby causing infections, poisoning, allergic reactions & even asthma.
KEY FACTS
Adult is 5–8mm in length.
Grey thorax with 4 narrow stripes.
Buff or yellow abdomen.
Covered with small hairs that serve as taste organs.
Complex compound eyes – with thousands of lenses allows them a wide field of vision.
4th wing vein bent and wing tips slightly pointed.
Larva is white and tapers to a point at the head end. There are 2 spiracle “spots” at the hind end, is legless and 12 mm in length when mature.
HOUSE FLY
Scientific Name : Musca domestica
HABITS
House flies are major carriers of disease and can infest all types of premises. They are attracted to all types of food, including human food, pet food, animal feed, food waste and even faeces. Seeing adult flies is usually the most common sign of activity and a potential problem. Larvae may also be seen as they crawl out of breeding material to pupate.
LIFECYCLE
House flies are able to quickly mature from an egg to an adult. They breed in moist decaying vegetable matter eg. in uncovered dustbin or pet food.
Eggs are laid in batches of 120 to 150 and can hatch in 8 – 72 hours.
The larvae of House Flies can take 3 – 60 days to mature.
Pupae matures in 3 – 28 days.
Once indoors, house flies can be found resting on walls, floors or ceilings. Outdoors they can be seen on plants, the ground, fences, compost heaps and rubbish bins. At night them they prefer to rest near food sources approx. 5 to 15 feet off the ground.
BLUE BOTTLE FLY
Scientific Name : Calliphora vomitoria
HABITS
Bluebottle flies (also known as Blow fly) can often be seen hovering around dustbins. These scavengers are attracted to pet faeces and dead animals and as such are known carriers of disease. Their name originates from their iridescent colours that are similar to coloured bottles.
LIFECYCLE
Eggs hatch 0 – 18 hrs (partial development may occur within the female).
Breeds in mostly meat derived substances, sometimes cheese.
Common pest of dead rodents/birds etc.
KEY FACTS
Adult is 1/4" - 1/2" in length.
Metallic blue colour.
Larva — Similar to the house fly larva in all respects except size. 3/4" when mature. They take 7 – 12 days to mature.
FRUIT FLY
Scientific Name : Drosophila species
HABITS
Fruit flies are commonly found infesting fruit or hovering around fermenting residues found in pubs, fruit orchards & vegetables plots and breweries.
LIFECYCLE
They can breed in rotten fruit, unclean drains and even cleaning utensils.
Develops to adult in 7–30 days.
Adult lives 2–9 weeks.
In ideal temperature conditions, fruit flies can complete their development in as little as 1 week.
KEY FACTS
3mm in length.
Yellow–brown or mottled in colour.
Bright red eyes.
Abdomen hangs down in flight, which is slow.
Tend to hover.
DRAIN FLY
Scientific Name : Psychodidae
HABITS
Drain flies are often associated with sewage beds, where larvae feed on sludge–like organic matter. They are also known by a variety of names; drain fly, sewage fly and moth fly are a few examples.
LIFECYCLE
Eggs hatch 1–6 days.
Larvae 10–50 days to mature.
Pupae 1–3 days to mature.
KEY FACTS
2mm in length.
Tan coloured body appears as grey.
Wings densely covered in hair and held tent–like over the body when at rest.
FRESH FLY
Scientific Name : Sarcophagidae
HABITS
They are attracted to decaying wastes, excrement and human foods – making a threat to human health.
LIFECYCLE
Lifecycle lasts for 2-4 weeks.
The female deposits live larvae on a suitable feeding medium (this can range from spoilt meat or fish, or animal excrement, or in decaying food waste found in garbage bins).
Larvae feed for a few days, then move away from the feeding medium to pupate in adjacent drier parts.
KEY FACTS
6-14mm long.
Thorax is light grey and has 3 dark longitudinal stripes.
Abdomen is also light grey, spotted with dark patches to give a checker board appearance.
LITTLE BLACK ANT
Scientific Name : Monomorium minimum
HABITS
Nests are normally located outdoors, in the soil and in relatively open areas, or under objects.
These ants will also nest in rotten wood, woodwork and the masonry of buildings.
Most of their feeding is on plant secretions or honeydew of aphids and scale insects, but occasionally invade houses in search of food.
Once inside, they feed on sweets, meats, breads, grease, vegetables and fruit.
LIFECYCLE
Little black ant colonies have multiple queens and may become very large.
KEY FACTS
This is very small (1/15 in. long)
Shiny black body color.
The workers about 1 to 2 mm long.
Queens 4 to 5 mm long.
A monomorphic species, with only one caste of worker, and polygyne
FIRE ANT
Scientific Name : Solenopsis spp
HABITS
Foraging workers diet consists of dead animals, including insects, earthworms, and vertebrates. Workers also collect honeydew and forage for sweet food, proteins, and fats.
Nest locations can be a mound of up to 40 cm or next to objects found on the ground, e.g. logs.
If aggravated, these react aggressively and can inflict a painful sting, resulting in a pustule some 48 hours later.
These ants are a major agricultural and urban pest, destroying crops and invading residential areas both outdoors and indoors.
LIFECYCLE
After swarming from the nest and mating, the queen searches for a suitable spot to lay her eggs. Once found, she can lay up to 125 eggs in late Spring.
Larvae hatch within 8 to 10 days, and the pupal stage lasts for 9 to 16 days.
Larvae feed on secretions from the queen’s salivary glands and broken down wing muscles until the first worker ants emerge. After this first batch of larvae moult into workers the queen’s role returns to egg laying – she can lay up to 1500 per day. Worker ants continue with larval care, nest building and food foraging.
Fertile males are produced later in the season.
KEY FACTS
Queens 5/8" long.
Workers 1/8"-1/4" long.
Coppery–brown on the head and body, with a darker abdomen.
Solenopsis has a very distinctive two–segment antennal club, which is most visible in the front view of the female reproductive ant.
TERMITE
Scientific name: Isoptera
Termites often known as "white ants", are not even closely related to ants, have 1,000+ species. They are small insects that work together & may range from a headcount of few 100 - 10,00,000, that consists of Queen, Eggs & Nymphs, Workers & Soldiers.
QUEEN: The most important member of colony that produces 30,000+ eggs per day has the longest known lifespan of any insect ranging from 30 to 50 years.
EGGS & NYMPHS: They are taken care by workers.
WORKERS: They build nest, locate, collect food, feed all members of the colony.
SOLDIER: With large heads & mandibles, there responsibility is to defend the nest.
RISKS
In the United States (U.S.) alone, termites caused an estimated damage worth $5 billion+ each year.
They consume the wooden beams that support the structure, ceiling joists, wall studs & plywood panels, door & window frames, wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, bed & any articles made of wood, plywood or that contain cellulose (including gypsum boards).
If termite inspection reveals dried mud or soil lining, chances are high that they are damaging the entire area.
SPIDERS
Scientific name: Araneae
Spiders have 49,623 species in 129 families, they are not insects and their species vary considerably in size as recorded by taxonomists. They are the largest group of predators in the world.
They come inside for warmth if the temperature drops outside, create cobwebs in hard to reach areas and reproduce quickly and.
RISKS
All spiders have venom and their bites causes pain, redness, swelling, allergic reactions such as feelings of nausea, dizziness & even necrosis.
Widow, Redback, Recluse (Brown), Funnel Web Spider's bite is capable of causing serious illness and even death in humans.
MOSQUITO
Scientific name: Culicidae
Mosquitoes have 3,600+ species. They have a slender segmented body, a pair of (wings, halters), three pairs of long hair-like legs & elongated mouthparts. Their life cycle consists of egg, larva, pupa & adult. Eggs are laid on the water surface that hatch into motile larvae that feed on aquatic algae & organic material. They are attracted by the body odors, carbon dioxide & heat emitted from the animal or person. They prefer biting at dusk, dawn or in the middle of the night but daytime biting also occurs. They feed on the blood of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and even arthropods.
RISKS
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 1,00,000+ people die due to mosquito-borne diseases each year.
Mosquitoes pick up disease causing organisms & while biting, they transfer saliva to their host thus become carriers of diseases such as
Anopheles: Malaria, Lymphatic Filariasis
Arboviral: Yellow fever, Chikungunya, West Nile, Dengue fever & Zika
Culex: Japanese Encephalitis
Aedes: Yellow Fever, Dengue, Hemorrhagic Fever
BED BUG
Scientific name: Cimex lectularius
This blood sucker primary hosts are humans. A female bed bug lays 2 - 3 eggs per day allowing to produce few 100+ eggs throughout. Their life cycle consists of five immature life stages that each require a blood meal to develop and move on to the next stage per week.
They prefer biting to consume blood in darkness, warmth & carbon dioxide, typically when host is asleep, they tend to feed exclusively on humans and are obligate blood feeders. An adult can live for as long as six months between feedings.
RISKS
"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite," is a traditional saying.
These blood suckers transmits arboviruses and their bug bites leads to a range of skin manifestations from no visible effects to prominent blisters causing skin irritation, skin rashes, scratching, psychological effects, allergic symptoms, chronic attacks, development of refractory delusional parasitosis, anemia, systemic poisoning, asthma attack
MOUSE
Scientific name: Rodentia
Rodents are arboreal, fossorial (burrowing), saltatorial/richochetal (leaping on their hind legs), or semiaquatic include mice, rats, bandicoot, roof rats and moles etc. They are easily recognizable by their fur and “mouse-like” appearance. Rodents are very common in the fall and winter seasons as they are actively looking for warmer shelter. These animals are always gnawing. It doesn't matter if it's food or not, they can't go without using their teeth. Due to this fact, they spend most of their time looking for substances to sharpen their teeth even in galleries, electrical wires, cables etc., which causes great harm. Since they are nocturnal, they go out in search of food only at night, as it is the easiest time to get food and the least dangerous as well.
RISKS
Rats are carriers of over 45 types of diseases, contaminate water, food and the environment. In nursing homes they are also known to eat away body parts of small children in India.
Mice are practically incontinent and urinate frequently. As a result, a mice infestation is normally recognized by distinct musty smell of their urine. They contaminate all surfaces that they scurry across with urine and faeces. They can produce up to 80 droppings a day.
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