The Importance of Flies Control in Dubai In a city as vibrant as Dubai, maintaining a pest-free environment is crucial for both residential and commercial spaces. Flies control service in Dubai, with their rapid breeding cycles and potential health risks, necessitate effective intervention. Explore the key aspects of ensuring a fly-free Dubai with professional flies control service. The Challenges of…
The Persistent Challenge of Fly Infestations Flies can quickly become a menace, infiltrating homes, businesses, and public spaces. To effectively combat these pesky insects, more individuals and businesses are turning to professional fly pest control service. In this article, we delve into the reasons why hiring experts, such as ETS, for fly pest control service in Dubai. The Scale of…
The Business Buzzkill: Dealing with Flies Flies can be a major nuisance in a business setting, affecting both the environment and customer experience. This guide explores effective strategies to eliminate rid flies and ensure a pest-free business space. Discover tailored solutions with ETS, your partner in flies control services in Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi. The Impact of Flies on…
Understanding the Fly Menace Flies can quickly turn your living or working space into an unwelcome zone. To combat these pesky pests effectively, it's crucial to understand the best strategies for keeping flies under control. Explore practical tips and professional solutions in this comprehensive guide. The Importance of Flies Control Services Flies control services play a pivotal role in maintaining…
Flies buzzing around your home can be both annoying and unhygienic. Whether you're dealing with fruit flies in the kitchen or house flies invading your living space, getting rid of them is essential. In this guide, we'll explore effective strategies to eliminate flies and keep your home pest-free. Understanding the Fly Problem Before diving into solutions, it's crucial to understand…
Introduction Since the establishment of the union, the UAE has experienced rapid population growth and urbanization, which have influenced the biodiversity of insects. Researchers confirmed the link between the emergence of arboviruses and urban growth in the UAE. Recently, mosquito biodiversity was measured and species composition was surveyed in peri-urban and protected, natural sites. Mosquitoes belong to the family Culicidae. …
Introduction The group of mites, belonging to the order Acarina, contains a very large number of species, reaching 50,000 species. Most species are barely visible to the naked eye (0.5 to 2.0 mm long). They have eight legs and a body with practically no division (similar to ticks). They live freely, except for a few that parasitize living organisms. Some…
Introduction There are 225 species of sucking lice worldwide. They parasitize their hosts externally by puncturing their skin and sucking their blood, and the male is no different than the female. They are small, wingless insects with a flattened body from top to bottom, and they are slow-moving insects. They live attached to their host; they do not leave it…
Introduction Most fly species (order Diptera) are relatively small, with soft bodies; some are very delicate, but many of them are of great economic and health importance. Among the blood-sucking species are black flies, horse flies, stable flies, and others, all of which are pests that are harmful to humans and animals. Many types of flies suck blood, and some…
Introduction Cockroaches are known to have been present on Earth for nearly 350 million years. They are among the most familiar of all insect pests in residential and commercial buildings and facilities. They are especially present where food is prepared or sanitation is lacking. Their sizes vary considerably. Cockroaches are one of the most adaptable and successful insect groups. They…
Introduction Bed bugs are members of the blood-feeding insect groups and are among the most annoying and widespread medical pests in the world, and they are known as a result of their close contact with human life, as they parasitize mammals, including humans. At present, the control of this insect is a challenge for workers in the field of public…
Ants Get Rid of Ants with ETS Innovative IPM Plan Introduction Ants are social insects that are widely regarded as one of the most diverse and successful insect groups in terms of their ecological impact on the environments in which they live. Many ants are ecologically beneficial as insect predators or as decomposers of dead plants and animals. Outdoor ants…
Relapsing Fever Tick: General Description The adult soft tick has eight legs, rounded body, dimples on their body, and mouthparts hidden from view when seen from above. Life Cycle and Common Characteristics Female ticks lay eggs in batches, with each batch of eggs produced after taking a blood meal. A female may lay from 25 to several hundred…
Fowl Tick or Poultry Tick: General Description Fowl ticks are light to dark red-brown (yellowish-brown when starved and slatey-blue when engorged). Adults are about 0.5-0.6 mm long. Mouthparts in nymphs and adults are not visible when viewed from above since they are hidden by the front margin of the tick’s body. The skin is wrinkled. Credit: CDC Soft Tick…
Camel Tick: General Description Camel tick Hyalomma dromedarii (Acari: Ixodidae) adult male: (a) Ventral and (b) dorsal (Credit: Al-Deeb and Bin Muzaffar, Veterinarywork.org) The dorsal shield of males can reach a length of 3.7–5.8 mm. These hard-bodied ticks are broadly oval in shape. The basic color is yellow- to red-brown. Life Cycle and Common Characteristics The camel tick parasitizes mainly…
Brown Dog Tick: General Description Eggs of the brown dog tick are spherical and dark brown in color. Larvae have three pairs of legs with a body size of approximately 0.5 mm in length and 0.4 mm in width. Nymphs and adults have four pairs of legs and look similar except nymphs are smaller than adults. Nymphs are 1.15 to…
Anopheles Mosquito (Potential Malaria Vector)stephensi and A. culicifacies General Description Eggs. Larvae Pupa Adult Life Cycle and Common Characteristics Lide cycle usually takes 10–14 days for an egg to develop into an adult mosquito. Adult, female mosquitoes lay individual eggs one at a time directly on or near water bodies. The eggs float on the surface of the…
Aedes Mosquito (Biting Nuisance Species) A. aegypti, A. albopictus, and A. caspius (A. aegypti is not reported from UAE) General Description Mosquitoes have four distinct developmental stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult Eggs: Eggs. Larvae Pupa Adult Life Cycle and Common Characteristics Life cycle takes about 7-10 days for an egg to develop into an adult mosquito. Females lay…
Harvest Mites or Chiggers: General Description There are about 12 species belonging to this genus, the most important of which is T. akamusla and T. deliensis. Adults are about 1 mm long, oval, covered with hairs, and orange to red in color. Eggs are globular. The larva is 0.15 to 0.3 mm long. Larvae, nymphs, and adults have six legs…
House Dust Mite: General Description House dust mites are very small and have translucent bodies. They are barely visible to the unaided eye. The mite measures 0.2–0.3 mm in length. The body of the house dust mite has a striated cuticle. Its fecal pellets range from 10 to 40 µm. A scanning electron micrograph of a female - CSIRO …
Biting Midges or Ceratopogonids Midges: General Description Biting midges are small flies (0.5–5.0 mm long; an average of 1.6 mm) and belong to the order Diptera. Adult biting midges are usually distinguished by their dark color (brown or black) and the absence of simple eyes. Simple eyes are absent. Credit: Slama, Babba. and Chaker Culicoides spp. The antennae are densely…
Head Louse: Identification The lengths of the female is 3 mm and 2 mm in the male.· The adult is about the size of a sesame seed, has 6 legs, and is tan to grayish-white. The nymph looks like an adult. Eggs (also called nits) are 0.8 mm by 0.3 mm, oval, and usually yellow to white. Life Cycle…
Body Louse: Identification Adults are 2.3–3.6 mm in length. The adult is about the size of a sesame seed, has 6 legs (each with claws), and is tan to grayish-white. Eggs (also called nits) are 0.8 mm by 0.3 mm, oval and usually yellow to white. Life Cycle and Common Characteristics Body louse has three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.…
Stable Fly: General Description Stable fly resembles the house fly with 4- to 7-mm long, generally gray with a greenish-yellow sheen, four black stripes on the thorax, the outer two of which are broken, and black blotches or checkering on the abdomen. Unlike the housefly, where the mouth part is adapted for sponging, the stable fly mouthpart has a piercing/sucking…
Sand Fly, No-See-Ums, or Black Gnat: General Description Sand flies follow the Psychodidae family, and they are small flies that do not exceed 5 mm in length. This family includes several hundred species. The adult is 2-3 mm long and dull in color. The wings have a special shape and have nine or more long veins. The body is covered…
Phorid Fly or Humpbacked Fly: General Description Adult phorid flies are 0.5–5.5 mm long with an enlarged thorax that gives them a characteristic humpbacked appearance. The hind femora are flattened, and the major bristles of the head and legs are feathered. They run in short, quick bursts and are usually found in damp places near larval habitats. Credit: Charles Schurch…
Little House Fly: General Description Adults are smaller (3.5–6 mm long) than the common housefly. They are smaller than house flies and slenderer in appearance. Their fourth wing veins extend directly to the edge of the wings instead of curving sharply upward, as in house flies. The white-bordered eyes meet above in the male. In females, the eyes do not…
House Fly: General Description The house fly adult length is about 6 to 7 Female adults are usually larger than males. The female can be distinguished from the male by the relatively wide space between the eyes (in males, the eyes almost touch). The head of the adult has reddish eyes and sponging mouthparts. The adult has…
Fungus Gnat (Dark-Winged): General Description Credit: Peter Rühr Credit: James Lindsey Fungus gnats are distinguished from fruit flies because of their darker They are usually less than 5 mm long and short-lived gnats. These flies are sometimes confused with drain flies. The adults are 2–8 mm long. Larvae are slender and lack legs. Larvae are white (except for a black head),…
Fruit Fly, Drosophila Fly, Lesse Fruit Fly, or Vinegar Fly Fly: General Description Credit: André Karwath Credit: André Karwath Credit: André Karwath Adults are 4mm long, yellow-brown, with brick-red eyes and transverse black rings across the abdomen. The front portion of the body is tan, and the rear portion is Females are about 2.5 mm long; males are slightly smaller with…
Flesh Fly: General Description Flesh flies are larger than house flies (up to three times larger). Adult flesh flies are a light grayish in color and have a gray-and-black checkerboard pattern on their abdomen and three dark longitudinal stripes on the thorax. Longitudinal, strong bristles are present only on the posterior part of the abdomen. Credit: Saleem Hameed The mouth…
Face Fly: General Description Credit: TristramBrelstaff Credit: James Lindsey The face fly is similar to the closely resembles the house flybut is slightly larger, They are about 7–8 mm long. Adults are grey in color with four dark stripes on the thorax, with a grey-black patterned abdomen. The eyes in males almost touch when viewed from above. Life Cycle and Common Characteristics…
Drain Fly, Moth Fly, Sewage Fly, or Filter Fly: General Description Adults are about 1-2.5 mm long (about one-third the size of a housefly), with a light gray or tan body and lighter-colored wings. Both the body and the wings are densely covered with long hairs that give the body a fuzzy appearance, hence the name moth fly. When at…
Blow Flies: General Description Blue Fly Credit: John Talbol Green fly Credit: glmory - inaturalist.org Adults of blow flies are about the size of house flies or slightly larger and have a bright metallic blue or green coloration. The mouth parts are sucking type. The veining of the wings is similar to that of the house flies. The adult blue fly, Calliphora,…
American Cockroach General Description Adult One and one-third to 2.5 – 4 cm long. Reddish-brown, with a light-colored ring along the edges of the pronotum. Male wings cover the tip of the abdomen, female wings do not. Nymph Smaller than adults (size depends on how many molts they have been through). Small nymphs grayish-brown, larger nymphs redlish-brown. Wingless.…
German Cockroach: General Description Adult About 1.25 cm long. Grayish-tan or light brown in color, females darker than males. Two black longitudinal stripes on the pronotum. Wings cover the tip of the abdomen. Nymph Smaller than adults (size depends on how many molts they have been through). Brownish-black with a pale tan stripe down the middle…
The tropical bug General Description Adult Cimix lectularius Cimix hemipterus – PCS-Dubai • The whole insect is flattened from top to bottom, oval in shape, with a width equal to a length of 4-6 mm, and its body is covered with short hairs. • The general color is light yellow to brown when hungry, and dark red after feeding…
Tropical Fire Ant or Ginger Ant General Description April Nobile, www.antweb.org Tropical fire ants come in a wide range of sizes – Credit: Eli Sarnat. Tropical fire ant majors have large, square heads – Credit: Eli Sarnat. Workers consist of many sizes (polymorphic) between 4 to 6 mm (average of 3 mm). Body color is usually red…
Samsum Ant General Description Esposito, www.antweb.org Body length of workers 4–6 mm, head broader than mesosoma (middle body), with convex sides and emarginated posterior margin. Gaster ending with a powerful sting. Dark brown to blackish brown. Petiole is a high and thick node with a straight anterior surface and a convex posterior surface. Gaster ending with a powerful sting. Eyes…
Pavement Ant General Description www.antweb.org Medium size, adult workers 4 to 4.5 mm long, and the queens are slightly larger Black or brown to reddish brown. Abdomen shiny. Head and thorax dull Twelve-segmented antennae with a three-segmented terminal club. Petiole with two nodes. One pair of spines on the dorsal side of the thoracic segment adjoining the petiole. The…
Pharaoh ant – Monomorium pharaonis (Linneaus) General Description Credit: April Nobile / AntWeb.org Workers are 0.5 mm – 2 mm Males are 2-3mm long and queens are about 4-6 mm long with a dark reddish color. The head and thorax are dull yellowish to orange to reddish brown. Shiny, darker-colored abdomen, especially at the tip. They have 12 segmented antennae with a…
Odorous House Ant or Stink Ant General Description Credit: Photographer and AntWeb.org Medium size ant, workers are 1.5-3.0 mm long. Brownish-grey and shiny. Petiole with one node, somewhat hidden beneath the first abdominal segment From above, abdomen appears wider than thorax. Tip of the abdomen lacks distinct circle of hairs (unlike black carpenter ant). Soft-bodied. Life Cycle and Common Characteristics…
Ghost Ant General Description Credit: April Nobile, www.antweb.org Ghost ant workers are extremely small, 1.3 to 2.0 mm long and dark brown in color. Their legs and antennae are much longer in proportion to the other parts of their body compared to what is normal for other house-infesting ants. They have 12-segmented antennae with the segments gradually thickening towards the…
Crazy Ant (Longhorned) General Description Credit: April Nobile, www.antweb.org The worker is about 2.3 to 3.0 mm long with a brownish-black head, thorax, petiole, and gaster. The body has long, coarse, scattered, grayish, or whitish setae. The body has a few short, whitish bristles. The antennae and limbs are pale brown. The eyes are elliptical and set far back on the head. It has no…
Ticks are the largest group of non-insect parasites of vertebrates. It ranks second after mosquitoes in transmitting diseases to humans. Ticks are not insects, they are arachnids. This order contains two important groups: ticks and mites. The life cycle goes through three main stages: eggs, larvae (with six legs), and adults (with eight legs). Ticks have two body parts: the…
Culex Mosquito (Biting Nuisance Species) Culex pipiens, C. quinquefasciatus, and C. tarsalis General Description Eggs. Larvae Pupa Adult Life Cycle and Common Characteristics Life cycle takes about 7-10 days for an egg to develop into an adult mosquito. Females lay eggs (3 mm in length) on the surface of fresh or stagnant water. Water sources can include barrels, unmaintained swimming pools,…
Scabies, Itch Mites or Short-Legged Mites: General Description This mite undergoes four stages in its life cycle: egg, larva, nymph, and adult. Eggs are oval and 0.10 to 0.15 mm in length The larval stage, which emerges from the eggs, has only 3 pairs of legs. After the larvae molt, the resulting nymphs have 4 pairs of legs. Adults are…
The midges are small, delicate insects, and they appear in huge gatherings in their places of spread near the various aquatic environments, where they live in their incomplete stages. They belong to the order Diptera, and it is divided into two types: I- Biting midges (Sand Flies, No-See-Ums, Punkies, or Black Gnats): The females have piercing-sucking mouthparts and may attack…
Pubic or Crab Louse: Identification Adults are 1.5–2.0 mm in length and flattened. They are smaller than body lice and headlice, The body is broad and short, and the front legs are much smaller than the second and third pairs. The first apparent abdominal segment bears a total of six spiracles on its upper surface. Eggs (also called nits) are…
Fleas follow a small order of insects called Siphonaptera. All members of this order have piercing-sucking mouthparts, and people in their homes and businesses are greatly concerned about the flea bites. The number of known flea species is estimated at about 2,500, a few of which are considered pests for humans, and the rest parasitize rodents (74% of them)…
Oriental Cockroach General Description Adult 5 cm (males) to 2.5 – 3.5 cm (females) long. Very dark brown to shiny black in color. Male wings are wide and short, leaving the last few abdominal segments exposed. Females are wingless, but have short triangular wing pads behind the pronotum. Nymph Smaller than adults (size depends on how many…
General Description Adult Cimix lectularius Cimix hemipterus – PCS-Dubai • The whole insect is flattened from top to bottom, oval in shape, with a width equal to a length of 4-6 mm, and its body is covered with short hairs. • The general color is light yellow to brown when hungry, and dark red after feeding on a meal…
Acrobat Ant General Description Credit: April Nobile, www.antweb.org Six species of Crematogaster were identified in the UAE. Acrobat ants are a small species of ant. Workers are 5 to 3 mm long and have two segmented pedicle, the abdomen is flattened dorsally and convex ventrally. They vary in color from yellowish-brown, brown, to red and black, and some can even…
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