Crickets in Your House? Easy Ways to Eliminate a Cricket Problem
January 12th, 2010 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | 2 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
The sound of crickets chirping can be really pleasant for someone spending some time outdoors, but once that noise follows you in the house, it tends to become a bit more irritating. Although crickets do not bite pets or people ...
Carpet Beetle Larvae: The Top Fabric Pest
January 8th, 2010 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | 21 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
A carpet beetle is a pest that feeds on varying fabrics like carpet, fur, or clothing. They tend to prefer carpet because it is the prime spot to leg their eggs and let loose their baby larvae. Carpet beetle larvae ...
The Name Game: Moth Identification
December 27th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | 3 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
With 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moths throughout the world today, it's hard to tell who's who. Therefore, exploring the main types of moths is the best thing you can do to catch up.
Butterflies and moths also have a ...
Nature’s Thermometer: How Crickets’ Chirping Can Help You
December 26th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | 2 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Did you know not all cricket chirps are alike? Each of the 127 different species of crickets in the United States has its own unique chirp.
Listening to crickets' chirping is one way entomologists distinguish between crickets and katydids, a ...
Pantry Moths: The Pantry Pests
December 26th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | 4 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
We store things in our pantry like cereal, cookies, bread, and other foods of our liking. When we open up this closet of food we are expecting to find something to eat, not a pantry moth flying around.
Attracted to unclean ...
Jump On Them Before They Jump On You! : Jumping Bristletail Info
July 15th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests, Silverfish & Firebrats | 5 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
-(Microcoryphia)
Jumping Bristletails belong to the same Superorder as Silverfish and Firebrat Insect (Thysanura) but belong to a different subdivision order (Archeognatha); whereas, the true order of Silverfish and Firebrats is Zygentoma. Older texts lump the two orders together, but current ...
The Goliath of Them All! : Giant Gray Silverfish
July 15th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests, Silverfish & Firebrats | 4 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
-(Ctenolepisma longicaudata)
Also commonly referred to as the "long-tailed silverfish" or the "giant silverfish," the Gray Silverfish is slightly larger than the Common Silverfish, ranging in size from 5/8-3/4 in. Contrasting with the Common, the Gray is always uniformly ...
In the Garden and in Your House! : Four Lined Silverfish
July 15th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests, Silverfish & Firebrats | 3 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
-(Ctenolepisma lineata)
The Four Lined Silverfish is the only species of pest-Silverfish that is found outside and inside the home. They are found throughout the house in basements, wall-voids, and attics, where they are seen in particularly large numbers (especially in ...
Make Your Common Silverfish Scarce! : Information and Advice
July 15th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests, Silverfish & Firebrats | 11 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
-(Lepisma saccharina)
Common Silverfish are the smallest of silverfish considered pests, reaching an average length of 1/2 in. when mature. They can be silvery, pearl-gray, or blackish on top, while the bottom is always pale in comparison.
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Fire Your Firebrats! : Firebrat Insect Information
July 15th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests, Silverfish & Firebrats | 6 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
-(Thermobia domestica)
The Firebrat shares many characteristics with the Silverfish, and they are often confused. Click here for information concerning Silverfish Identification.
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