What small insects can be found in the apartment

Small insects are in almost any apartment, even the most clean and tidy. These “neighbors” are not always harmful and dangerous, sometimes they are so few that they are not visible at all, but practice shows that one or another representative of this entomofauna can be found in almost any living space.

On a note

It is interesting to note that the smallest insects in an apartment may by the number of individuals significantly exceed the same cockroaches, but at the same time, due to their small size, they cannot attract attention.

However, the presence of any insects in the apartment is undesirable, as they either share food with the person, or feed on tissues, paper, wood, and, moreover, can move from the basements and the garbage disposal to the house, spreading infections. And some of them are blood-sucking parasites, biting people and capable of transmitting pathogens of dangerous diseases.

Therefore, if you regularly meet “incomprehensible” small insects in your apartment, you should not scornfully treat this fact. At least ask yourself: what do they eat, where do they hide, how fast do they multiply ...

Below are photos of some species of small insects that can be found in the apartment and the size of which does not exceed 10 mm:

1. A flea is a dangerous parasite of animals and humans (few people think seriously about the potential danger of flea bites, although many know that rat fleas were carriers of the plague in the middle ages).
2. Grinder beetle Its larvae can even feed on paper.
3. Nogoshvotka. In apartments, it is usually found in flower pots.
4. The whitefly is a pest of domestic plants. These small white insects in the apartment can often appear with a new flower.
5. Butterfly - a small fly, in its ecology associated with sewage.
6. Ants, known to almost everyone, but one of the most difficult to remove small insect homes.
7. Underwear lice, today rarely found, but quite dangerous for its bites.
8. Scale insects harming indoor flowers.
9. Scales - enough insects common in apartmentswhich do not like just because of their appearance.

At the same time, the same ants are recognizable by everyone, and there is no sense in helping the reader in their definition separately. Therefore, we dwell on those small insects that are known by no means all.

 

Silverfish: harmless extras

Some schulyuns believe the most ancient insects on the planet today. They have changed little over many millions of years of evolution and very much resemble the ancestors of all modern insects.

On the photo - sugar silverfish:

And here is thermobia home:

The silverfish feed on various organic residues that are found in dust and crevices; they can eat paper, bread and sugar crumbs. They do not cause harm, and to get rid of them it is enough to destroy the individuals seen on the walls.

 

Small species of beetles

By small domestic beetles are kozheedy, grinders, hruschaki. They damage various foods, can eat paper and spoil books. Skin layers also damage fur coats and woolen clothes.

On the photo is a bread grinder, one of the smallest insects in the apartment:

This beetle reaches 1.5 mm in length and does not feed in the adult state, although it makes moves in many products, damaging them.But his larva feeds on almost everything, including paper and fibers of semi-synthetic clothing.

Important!

Bread damaged by the larvae of the grinder becomes poisonous to humans. Eating it is impossible!

Next on the photo is shown a small meal crust specializing in cereals and flour. Well also eats bran:

Very small insects, which are also often found in an apartment, are leather-skinned beetles that can make holes in fur coats and furs, “cut” carpets and eat old bookbinder covers:

All the above small beetles can be quite difficult to get out of the apartment. If their larvae are bred in the products, all stocks should be thrown out, and tables and shelves should be treated with insecticidal agents. In the cabinets and on the shelves of things and objects are treated with aerosol insecticides, and then here it is useful to place the sections from the moth, it is quite effective and from beetles.

 

Fleas

Fleas are small jumping insects in the apartment that suck the blood of people and pets.

The photo shows a rat flea, a potential plague carrier:

There are also human, cat and dog fleas. All of them are very similar to each other, and it will be problematic for a non-expert to distinguish one species from another.

With abundant breeding, fleas can cause serious allergic reactions in humans with their bites.

Fleas are removed separately first on animals, and then in the apartment itself. In the first case, special flea drops are used on withers, anti-flea shampoos and sprays, in the second case - powerful insect repellents in aerosol form or in the form of concentrates for dilution and subsequent spraying as a spray.

 

Book louse

A book louse is a very small, brownish insect that inhabits book bindings and feeds on paste in an apartment.

The photo below shows an adult book louse individual (book senoed):

These insects rarely form large colonies. Even a small group makes them clearly audible ticking sounds, thereby giving out their presence.

Fight book lice by hanging fumigation products near the shelves with books and zoological or botanical collections.

 

Tails - the enemies of domestic plants

The horntail is a small white insect in an apartment that dwells in the ground in flower pots and eats organic matter. With the mass reproduction of springtails can severely damage the roots of plants.

Feedback

“I don’t understand what kind of attack it is in flower pots. Some bugs are white, tiny, but there are so many of them that the land is not visible. Repotted violets and found that they are in all pots. Tell me, what are these insects, are they dangerous? "

Tamara, Moscow

The photo shows a springtail at high magnification:

And below - a lump of land contaminated with springtails taken out of a pot:

These insects can be poisoned by conventional means against garden pests - Aktar or Karbofos. You can also lay out potato pieces on the surface of the earth and collect insects on it every few days.

 

Whitefly

Whiteflies are also pests of plants, which, unlike springtails, infect leaves and stems. These insects are easily recognizable by bright wings.

On the photo - tobacco whitefly:

And here - cabbage whitefly:

If these small insects appear in the apartment, the plants should immediately be treated with calendula alcohol extract.

Whiteflies multiply very quickly and suck up plant sap at all stages of development. A large number of them can cause the destruction of the bush. In case of mass infection, they should be poisoned with Karbofos or Aktar.

 

Butterflies

These small insects with transparent wings in the apartment usually appear in the bathroom or toilet. The butterflies are small flies with wings bordered with dark fringe. They are well recognizable due to the special shape of the wings.

The photo shows an ordinary butterfly butterfly (Psychodidae):

Butterflies larvae develop in garbage, basements and sewage systems, and adult flies can scatter in all apartments, laying eggs in trash cans and dust in cabinets.

But lice - head, pubic and clothes - rarely appear in the apartment. They are constantly present only on the head or body of a person, and on a bed or floor are completely random. Having found them, it is necessary to immediately check the hair of all family members and, in case of contamination, remove the parasites as soon as possible.

Sometimes in the apartment you can see very small insects, remotely similar to cockroaches or bedbugs. It may be their larvae of early age (nymphs), sometimes having a translucent chitinous cover.

The photo shows a faded red-haired cockroach that looks almost white immediately after shedding:

And this is what the bed bug bug looks like:

Such larvae can penetrate from neighboring apartments through ventilation passages or through doors, settling or running away from baiting. If such insects are found in single specimens, they simply enough to destroy. With the mass contamination of the room, they are found as often as adult insects, in which case a thorough pest control of the entire room should be carried out.

 

A good example of how small insects in an apartment can seriously spoil life

 

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