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Termites can cause serious structural damage. Animals able to live in the dry conditions found in buildings include many arthropods such as beetles, cockroaches, moths, mites, and silverfish. Another group, including termites, woodworm, longhorn beetles, and wood ants cause structural damage to buildings and furniture. [48]
C. punctulatus is an oviparous cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae that excavates galleries in rotten wood. [6] [7] The genus Cryptocercus is closely related to termites, believed that their life habits and gut symbiosis is ancestral. [8] Both males and females are wingless, brown to black coloration, and vary in size from 23-30mm in length. [6]
Ectobius vittiventris, the amber wood cockroach or amber forest cockroach, is a species belonging to the order Blattodea and is a type of wood cockroach originally from southern Europe. It is completely harmless to humans and is not a storage pest , as it only feeds on decomposing plant material and perishes within a few days in human dwellings ...
Gross, but true: cockroach saliva, feces, and body parts can cause allergies and asthma symptoms if in the air, including coughing, congestion, wheezing, ear and sinus infections, and skin irritation.
The smallest common cockroach found in Texas is the German cockroach, measuring only 0.13 inches in length. They’re light brown and have little wings, but they can’t fly.
The damage to books that is commonly attributed to "bookworms" is often caused by the larvae of various types of insects, including beetles, moths, and cockroaches, which may bore or chew through books seeking food. The damage is not caused by any species of worm. Some such larvae exhibit a superficial resemblance to worms and are the likely ...
Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches' spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast ...
Termites and wood roaches play a vital role in the Earth's ecosystems. They are sometimes even known as “ecosystem engineers”. [13] Their consumption and degradation of wood and wood related foods has a major impact on the carbon cycle. [13] Unfortunately, the wood eating of termites and wood roaches also has a negative impact.