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| LARDER BEETLES |
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| Like ladybugs, larder beetles belong to the order Coleoptera (beetles). They, too, have rigid protective wings, but at first sight they seem to be darker in colour. The colour pattern of the larder beetle is ... 
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| COCKROACHES |
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| Some cockroaches from tropical countries can reach an imposing size; they often appear in horror films or endurance tests because of this characteristic. The German cockroach is the variety most commonly found in households throughout ...
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| CLOTHES MOTHS (MOTHS) |
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| Clothes moths are tiny moths (about 6 mm), usually called moths, with hair or scales on their head. Two species attack clothing stored in the home: the webbing clothes moth and the casemaking clothes moth.
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| CARPENTER ANTS |
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| Ants generally have narrow waists and bent (folded) antennae. Carpenter ants can be described as large (6 to 15 mm) black, brown or red ants that damage wood. You can find several species amongst carpenter ...
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| SCIARIDAE (GNATS) |
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| Sciaridae (or sciarids) are small (1 to 11 mm), blackish, brownish or yellowish flies with wings that are often dark (sometimes small or absent) and relatively long feet. Their eyes are close together or joined ...
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| MOTHS |
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| Butterflies can be recognized by their “powder-covered” (scaled) wings. Butterfly antennae end in small “balls” (clubs). Moths do not have similar appendages. They are part of a family containing a large number of species with ...
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| BEDBUGS |
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| This small, reddish-brown insect, just a bit longer (5 mm) than it’s width (3 mm), is flat in shape so that the top and bottom of its body are not very far apart. It has ...
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| COMMON EARWIGS |
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| Earwigs can be recognized by their cerci – two small appendages located at the end of the rear portion of their reddish brown bodies. The cerci are more curved in the male and straighter in ...
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| SILVERFISH |
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| “Silverfish” is the popular name given to lepisma saccharina because it has a cigar-shaped body covered with silvery scales. It is, in fact, an insect with six feet but no wings. It has two long ...
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| FLEAS |
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| The flea’s small brown body is flat on each side so it can easily move between the hairs of an animal. Its well developed back legs enable it to do a 13 cm high jump ...
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| PHARAOH ANTS |
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| This species is really tiny (1.5 to 2 mm). Its colour varies from yellow to rust, and like other ants, has a narrow waist and bent (folded) antennae.
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| PAVEMENT ANTS |
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| Like other ants, this species has a narrow waist and bent (folded) antennae. Its length is intermediate (2.5 to 3 mm) between that of carpenter ants and pharaoh ants, and it can resemble several other ...
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| DROSOPHILA (FRUIT FLIES) |
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| In everyday language, drosophila are usually called fruit flies or vinegar flies. The most common species, Drosophila melanogaster, is 3 or 4 mm long. It has two red eyes and a partly-striped yellowish-brown body with ...
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| SOCIAL WASPS |
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| In Canada, there are over 15 species of social wasps displaying black, yellow, white or brown coloration. Wasps are not as hairy as bumble bees and domestic bees, their hairs do not branch out, and ...
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| CENTIPEDES |
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| Centipedes are members of the order Chilopoda and are grouped together with millipedes (order Diplopoda) in the class Myriapoda whose name comes from two Greek words meaning “very many” and “feet”. Centipedes do not actually ...
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| WOOD LICE (Sow bugs) |
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| Wood lice are small greyish, blackish or brownish Crustacea. Their bodies are flattened and consist of several plates with 19 pairs of appendages, including seven pairs of legs on their anterior part (pereion) ...
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| CIGARETTE BEETLES |
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| Cigarette beetles are tiny insects that measures between 2 and 3 mm. Like ladybugs, they belong to the order Coleoptera. The rigid reddish-brown wings visible when they are not flying actually protect another pair of ...
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| MASKED HUNTERS |
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| Masked hunters are large (17 to 22 mm long) blackish or brownish-black plant bugs. In North America, there are over 160 species of plant bugs belonging to the same family (Reduviidae). These predatory species can ...
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| JAPANESE BEETLES |
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| Ladybugs, also called lady beetles or lady birds, are among our most beneficial insects. They are voracious and efficient predators of insect pests, and feed on more than 50 species of aphids. A single ladybug ...
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| BEETLES |
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| Beetles are small Coleoptera belonging to the family of Dermestidae (skin eaters). They are widespread but prefer warm countries, hence their subtropical origin. They are able to digest keratin and feed on plant- and animal-based ...
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| COLLEMBOLA |
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| Collembola are also known as snow fleas or springtails. They are very small arthropods, generally measuring two to three millimeters in length, with some reaching one centimeter. They have highly variable colouring: red, blue, orange, ...
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| ANOBIIDAE |
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| Anobiidae belong to the order of xylophagous (wood-eating) beetles, which means that the larvae of some species attack wood. There are two species found mainly in dwellings: Anobium punctatum or anobium beetle or common furniture ...
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