Introduction Wood-destroying organisms, other than termites (subterranean and non-subterranean) and rodents (explained in separate sections) cause great damage to wooden products and fixtures in homes, in addition to the inconvenience and anxiety caused by some of them to humans. The infestation of wood pests extends to all the wood of the house, starting with the wood used in the foundations…
Norway Rat: General Description Distribution: Asian in origin and worldwide in distribution, and quickly adapt to the environment. General Appearance: Large, robust Adult size: Large Body weight: 200-500g, Length (nose to the tip of tail): 18-27 cm Length of Tail: 13-21 cm Snout: blunt Ears: small, covered with short hairs; do not reach eyes Eyes: Small Tail: dark above, pale…
Fungi Outbreaks of dry rot and wet rot start in similar ways. The mature fruiting bodies of wood-destroying fungi that develop during an attack produce millions of microscopic spores that disperse by air currents. If they fall on untreated damp wood, they will germinate by pushing out a hollow tube called a hypha which grows and branches to form a…
Wharf Borers: Wharf Borer or Pavement Borer General Description Credit: Alvesgaspar Credit: Caroline Harding Credit: Alvesgaspar Adults are around 1-1.2 cm in length, yellowish to reddish-orange in color. The whole body is covered with dense yellow frills and the antennae are more than half the length of the body. Eggs are creamy white in color, slightly curved with…
Big-Headed Border, or Metallic Wood Borers: Golden Jewel Beetle or Golden Buprestid General Description · Adults are large (up to 20mm long), brassy green to golden beetle, with blue/purple highlights and coppery orange margins. · They have elongated hard and flat bodies, nearly oval in shape, but tapered at the hind end into a point. · Five widely spaced ridges…
Old House Borer General Description Credit: Siga Credit: CSIRO Adults are 10-16 mm long, with an elongated, cylindrical body. Glossy black or dark brown with two patches of gray hairs on the flanks. Antennae of adults are long, reaching more than half the length of their body. On the pronotum two conspicuously hairless tubercles are characteristic of the species. On the…
Lyctid Powderpost Beetles: Brown Lyctus Beetle General Description · The adult is 2-6 mm long, rectangular, and brown in color. The color varies from light brown to reddish-brown. The whole head appears in front of the thorax from above. The antennae consist of 11 segments, and the two ends are swollen. · The larvae are about 0.5 mm long, cream…
Bostrichid Powderpost: Bamboo borer General Description · The bamboo borer is a very small beetle. · The adult is dark reddish-brown, short, stout, cylindrical in shape, 3-4 mm long, and 1-1.5 mm wide. The pronotum is convex and a small part of the head is visible from above in front of the thorax. Credit: Wisut Sittichaya et al. The…
Black Carpender Bee General Description Credit: SeeSchloss Credit: Gideon Pisanty The carpenter bee is large and robust. Black in color and marked with areas of yellow hair, but the dorsal sides of the abdominal segments have no areas of yellow hair. Females grow up to 40 mm, black, with a metallic sheen. The thorax is covered with brown to black…
Carpender Ant General Description · There are 14 species of carpenter ants occurring in UAE. They have similar morphological characteristics. The more commonly associated with human habitation in UAE is Camponotus thoracicus (Fabricius) · Carpenter ants have a one-segmented pedicel in the form of vertical scale. · Carpenter ant workers have a single segment or node on the pedicel. Also, the…
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