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
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DEATH WATCH BEETLE
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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 -
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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
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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
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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