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DEATH WATCH BEETLE

Key features

The adult beetle is around 6 mm in length; females are usually larger, ranging up to 8 mm. It is dark greyish-brown

MOSQUITOES

Key features

The adult mosquito is a slender, long-legged insect with forward-pointing piercing and sucking mouthparts. Th

PHARAOH’s ANT

Monomorium pharaonis

Key features

The workers of this species of ant are only around 2 mm in length, with the queen being larger between 3 and 4 mm lo

CAT FLEA

Key features

The cat flea is small at around 2 mm long, reddish brown in colour and is flattened laterally, a feature which enables it to move easily

Red fox Vulpes

History

The red fox is a member of the Order Carnivore and Family Canidee. Originating about 45 million years ago in the Eocene p

House mouse Mus domesticus

History

Originated in the steppes of Central Asia. Reportedly found in this country as early as the 9th Century, when and how remains unsolved. Certainly as a

Brown rat, common rat, Norway rat, sewer rat Rattus norvegicus

History

Originated from Asia and China. First recorded in Europe at the beginning of the 18th Century. They were referred to as Norway rats because they were

German cockroach Blattella germanica

Key features

The adult is light brown in colour with two dark almost parallel longitudinal stripes on the pronotaf shield. The female is darker than the male a

Carpet beetles Anthrenus spp

There are three common species of carpet beetle: Anthrenus verbasci, the varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus museorum, the museum beetle, and Anthrenus scrophulariae, the com

Common bedbug Cimex /ectularius

Key features

Adult bedbugs are 4-5 mm in length, wingless and uniformly mahogany brown in colour. They have long well-developed walking legs with efficient tar

Flour mite, grain mite Acarus siro

Key features

Acarus siro is around 0.5 – 0.7 mm in length. It is white in colour with a pearly iridescence, its legs often have a brown or pink colouration.

Blowfly Calliphora erythrocephala

Key features

Adult flies are generally 9 – 13mm long with a wingspan of 18 – 20mm. The adults are large robust flies. with a stout abdomen. The thorax is bl

Feral pigeon Columba Livia var

History and development

The feral pigeon is found throughout Britain and also in most regions of the world. Many people associate this bird with urban environm

Campylohacter spp

Streptococcus spp

These bacteria have been found to be the causative agents of many acute gastro-enteritis type complaints. Often found in skin and gut infecti

Miscellaneous insect-borne diseases

There are a huge number of diseases spread by biting insects throughout the world but these are not generally within the scope of public health pest control. However, bec

Spread of pathogens by cockroaches

Like the flies mentioned in the previous section, cockroaches too have been implicated in the mechanical transmission of enteric disease. Fewer species of cockroach are i