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Of the quarter million species of beetles, some adults damage books by eating paper and binding materials themselves. However, their larvae do the most damage. Typically eggs are laid on the book's edges and spine. Upon hatching, they bore into, and sometimes even through, the book. [3] Drugstore beetle on a human finger
Bites of Orius sp. after one day. The genus Orius (commonly called minute pirate bug) consists of omnivorous bugs in the family Anthocoridae (pirate bugs). Adults are 2–5 mm long and feed mostly on smaller insects, larva and eggs, such as spider mites, thrips, jumping plant lice, [1] and white fly, but will also feed on pollen and vascular sap.
If you have ever found a creepy-crawly creature in your home and thought to yourself, ‘Ew, it’s a centipede!’ you’re not alone. Centipedes are one of the most common household pests and ...
Orius insidiosus, common name the insidious flower bug, [2] is a species of minute pirate bug, a predatory insect in the order Hemiptera (the true bugs). They are considered beneficial, as they feed on small pest arthropods and their eggs. [3] [4] They are mass-reared for use in the biological control of thrips. [5]
It resembles a larva, and though it is free-living and has legs and antennae, it lacks elytra and hind wings. [3] The larva of the odd beetle resembles that of most other Dermestidae, but it lacks a tuft of hair at the posterior end and any long hairs along the dorsal surface. At the end of each segment of the body is a row of short bristles. [2]
Dermestes lardarius, commonly known as the larder beetle or moisture bug, is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. It is found worldwide. [ 1 ] It is a common pest of households and storage facilities (" larders ") in much of the world.
It is known as a secondary pest because the larva mainly feeds on damp and decaying wood found along waterways and coastlines. The network of tunnels forms when wharf borer larvae burrow and ingest the rotten wood, weakening the mechanical support given by the wood. [2] This leads to increased damage to plumbing and rotting timbers.
The adults and larvae of these insects eat scale insects, especially mealybugs. Females lay their eggs among the egg sac of mealybugs. Larvae feed on mealybug eggs, young crawlers and their honeydew. They become adults in 24 days, after four larval stages and a pupal stage. The life span is two months. [7] [8]