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The house fly is found all over the world where humans live and so is the most widely distributed insect. [1]This is a list of common household pests – undesired animals that have a history of living, invading, causing damage, eating human foods, acting as disease vectors or causing other harms in human habitation.
Many are red coloured and are known as red bugs and some species are called cotton stainers because their feeding activities leave an indelible yellow-brownish stain on cotton crops. A common species in parts of Europe is the firebug , and its genus name Pyrrhocoris and the family name are derived from the Greek roots for fire "pyrrho-" and bug ...
While the confused flour beetle is more commonly found in the northern United States, the red flour beetles are more predominant in the southern United States in areas with warmer climates. [1] Tribolium castaneum. The red flour beetle and the confused flour beetle are commonly used as model organisms, to study genetics and ecology. The genome ...
How to Identify Them: At the risk of stating the obvious, mosquitoes are long, slender flying insects with long, thin legs and needle-like mouthparts—and while the size varies by species, most ...
The red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles.The red flour beetle, and other closely related beetles like Gnatocerus cornutus, are a worldwide pest of stored products, particularly food grains, and a model organism for ethological and food safety [1] research.
The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae.Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it may be confused with the similarly coloured though unrelated Corizus hyoscyami (cinnamon bug or squash bug).
An Asian lady beetle settles on a living room lamp in this 2003 file photo. This version can pinch and spray as it searches for a safe place to spend the winter.
The wing cases of the lily leaf beetle are dimpled and are shinier and more rounded than those of the cardinal beetle, which are relatively dull, and narrower, flatter, and more elongated. The cardinal beetle also has comb-like antennae. [5] The lily leaf beetle is herbivorous, while the cardinal beetle preys on insects. [6]