1. An Introduction to Various Household Pests Thomas J. Weissling Assistant Professor of Entomology University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research

2. Beneficial or not considered to be pests (> 99%) Considered to be pests All insect species in the world

3. Pantry Pests Cockroaches Damage Food Damage “Stuff” Carpet Beetles Clothes Moths Silverfish Crickets Cockroaches Some Ants

4. COCKROACHES

5. Natural Foods Leaf litter Wood Arthropods Fungi Algae Domestic Foods Preferred Cheese Wallpaper Beer Artwork Sugar Old Paper Meat Stamps Hair Finger Nails Also require water but can survive for a long time without food or water

7. German Cockroach

8. The Asian Cockroach, Blattella asahinai

9. American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana UF - IFAS

10. Brownbanded Cockroach, Supella longipalpa

11. Pantry Pests

12. Grouped by feeding habits: 1) Internal Feeders Larvae live entirely within whole grain kernels Rice Weevil, Granary Weevil, Angoumois Grain Moth 2) External Feeders Larvae chew on outside of grain Lesser Grain Borer, Drugstore Beetle, Flat Grain Beetle, Cadelle, Khapra Beetle, Cigarette Beetle

13. 3) Scavengers Feed on broken grain Confused Flour Beetle, Red Flour Beetle, Sawtoothed Grain Beetle 4) Secondary Pests Feed on rotting, moldy materials Yellow Mealworm, Psocids, Some Mites

14. Associated with wool and other animal hair and feather products in clothing, carpeting, furniture, and other household items.  Will consume synthetics contaminated with nutritive material  Broken into two groups: 1) Clothes moths and 2) Carpet beetles  In both groups, only the larval stage is damaging  Damage can also be caused by termites, crickets, cockroaches and silverfish PESTS OF FABRICS

15. Black Carpet Beetle, Attagenus megatoma

16. Furniture Carpet Beetle, Anthrenus flavipes

17. Varied Carpet Beetle

18. Webbing Clothes Moth, Tineola bisselliella

21. Damage to Carpet

22. Paper Pests

23. Silverfish (Thysanura: Lepismatidae)

24. Firebrats  A type of silverfish but with a mottled brown appearance  Like high temperature locations (around ovens, furnaces, hot-water pipes)

25. Author: Tom Weissling, University of Florida Photos: University of Florida University of California Entomology And Nematology Department Copyright University of Florida 2000 For more detailed information see the Featured Creatures WWW site at http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/