Wood-Destroying Organisms
Has the head of a tear drop
What is the Formosan Termite?
Lays the most eggs in a lifetime
German Cockroach
Support lintels
What are Trimmer Studs?
Adult is small, yellowish-white with pale front wings, hind wings are pointed, 2/3rd inch wing spread.
What is the Angoumois Grain Moth?
Holes 1/4 inch are likely to attract...
What is the house mouse?
The largest termite
What is the Dampwood Termite?
Prefer feeding on starchy materials but can be found feeding on most anything.
Do not require as much moisture as a German roach
What is the Brown Banded Cockroach?
Located between wall studs usually halfway up the length of the wall studs.
What is the fire block?
Mainly night fliers, will fly in an irregular zigzag pattern if disturbed.
Feeds on all types of grains, grain-based products, seeds, powdered milk, dog food, crackers, candy, nuts, chocolate, dried fruits and virtually all dried foodstuffs around the home.
What is the Indian Meal Moth?
Holes 1/2 inch or larger attract this rodent whose tail is longer than its body
What is the Roof Rat?
Lives beneath the structure and has 4,000 workers
What is the Subterranean Termite?
Female drops egg capsule near a food source within a day after it is formed. May also glue egg to a protected surface.
Capsule contain 16 eggs; Hatch in about 44 days.
What is the American cockroach?
Also called a header
What is a lintel?
Brownish with six saw-like projections on each side of its thorax, about 1/8 in. long.
Does not fly
Feeds on cereals, flour, peas, beans, dried fruits, spices and other similar materials.
What is the Red Flour Beetle?
Sanitation issues lead to this critter
What is the German Cockroach?
Galleries are 1/32 of an inch with talcum powder-like frass.
What is the Lyctidae Beetle?
Dark brown or nearly black in color.
Males are about 1 inch long; females about 1 1/4 inch.
Females produce an average of 8 oothecas and each contain 16 eggs; hatch in about 60 days.
What is the Oriental Roach?
The members which will carry the materials forming the ceiling, just below the roof.
What is the Ceiling Frame?
Front wings pale gray with wavy black lines, hind wings dirty white, about 1 inch wingspan.
Pointed hind wing tips.
What is the Mediterranean Flour Moth?
If there are small bugs in the house, these will be attracted to the location.
What is a spider?
An insect with one wingless queen and has one node.
What is the Carpenter Ant?
The most difficult to control
What is the German Cockroach?
Ceiling Frames mainly consist of these members...
What are Ceiling Joists?
Brown cylindrical shaped, distinct longitudinal lines on wing covers, 1/8th inch long.
No hump-backed appearance.
What is the Drugstore Beetle?
Dirty carpets can lead to this bug whose larvae prefers to feed in secluded and protected areas (dark closets, on furs, woolens, seeds and other items likely to be infested, are located).
What is the varied carpet beetle?