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Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticide products produced by S. C. Johnson & Son, first launched in 1956.. The initial active ingredient was allethrin, the first synthetic pyrethroid. [1]
The larvae and adults have long, curved mandibles which are used for chewing. They feed on carcasses (from the hours after death to the advanced stages of decomposition), as well as on maggot, specifically hairy maggot blow flies that tend to be on dead animals. Hairy rove beetles at four days and larva at seven days under rabbit carrion.
Cassida viridis larva with fecal shield. The fecal shield is a structure formed by the larvae of many species of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. [1] [2] It is composed of the frass of the insect and often its exuviae, or bits of shed exoskeleton. The beetle may carry the shield on its back or wield it upon its posterior end.
A relatively large lucanid beetle of the genus Lucanus, the male has long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The larvae are found in the trunks of old trees, feeding on the inner wood. It is dark reddish brown with smooth, shiny elytra (“wing cases”); the femora are orange brown. Males have much larger jaws than females.
Permethrin is a medication and an insecticide. [6] [7] As a medication, it is used to treat scabies and lice. [8]It is applied to the skin as a cream or lotion. [6] As an insecticide, it can be sprayed onto outer clothing or mosquito nets to kill the insects that touch them.
The diabolical ironclad beetle (Phloeodes diabolicus) is a beetle in the Phloeodes genus. It is native to the California Floristic Province in the states of California and Baja California , where it is believed to eat fungi growing under rotting tree bark . [ 1 ]
Hydrogen peroxide can be mixed with water and used to kill fungus gnat larvae in infected soil with a mixture of one part 3% hydrogen peroxide mixed with four parts water, then applied to the soil. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Adults can be trapped with sticky traps made of yellow card stock or heavy paper coated in an adhesive since the adults are attracted to ...
Maladera formosae, commonly known as the Asiatic garden beetle and formerly known as Maladera castanea, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is native to Japan , China , South Korea , North Korea , and Russia but was introduced to North America in the 1920s where it is considered a pest of turfs, gardens, and crop fields.