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Ectobius Vittiventris
''Ectobius vittiventris'', the amber wood cockroach or amber forest cockroach, is a species belonging to the order Blattodea and is a type of wood cockroach originally from southern Europe. It is completely harmless to humans and is not a storage pest, as it only feeds on decomposing plant material and perishes within a few days in human dwellings due to a lack of food. Its original range was south of the Alps, but is now permanently established north of the Alps and in southern Germany. Since the amber forest cockroach is capable of flight, it accidentally finds its way into human dwellings, especially in areas close to its natural habitat. It is attracted by artificial light sources. Features The amber forest cockroach is a slender cockroach. The light brown body of the adult animal measuring between 9 and 14 mm long, the antennae are about twice as long as the body. The legs are noticeably spiny. The pronotum has a uniform light brown color and is translucent at the edg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blattodea
Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically making them cockroaches as well. The Blattodea and the mantis (order Mantodea) are now all considered part of the superorder Dictyoptera. Blattodea includes approximately 4,400 species of cockroach in almost 500 genera, and about 3,000 species of termite in around 300 genera. Termites are pale-coloured, soft-bodied eusocial insects that live in colonies, whereas cockroaches are darker-coloured (often brown), sclerotized, segmented insects. Within the colony, termites have a caste system, with a pair of mature reproductives, the king and the queen, and numerous sterile workers and soldiers. Cockroaches are not colonial but do have a tendency to aggregate and may be considered pre-social, as all adults are capable of breeding. Other simil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storage Pest
A storage pest is an insect or other animal that damages or destroys stored food or other stored valuable organic matter. Insects are a large proportion of storage pests with each type of crop having specific insects that gravitate towards them such as the genus '' Tribolium'' that consists of insects such as ''Tribolium castaneum'' (red flour beetle) or ''Tribolium confusum'' (confused flour beetle) which damage flour crops primarily. Insects Crops can be completely destroyed or even partially damaged affecting the quality of the crop and the ability to germinate new ones, by decreasing the protein content and removing the seeds from the grains. Types of insect pests There are two types of grain insect pests, primary and secondary pests. Primary pests Primary grain pests attack the whole grain. The eggs are laid inside the grain, before the larvae mature inside the grain and then chew their way out. Some of these pests include the Lesser grain borer, Granary weevil (''Sito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectobius
''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating to 49 Million years ago suggests the genus actually originated in North America. This genus has been subject to a number of revisions.Bohn, H. 1989: Revision of the ''sylvestris'' group of ''Ectobius'' Stephens in Europe (Blattaria: Blattellidae). ''Entomologica Scandinavica'', 20: 317–342. Description The adult 'cockroaches' reach of length, the basic coloration of their body is mostly brown or yellowish, with a clearer margin. The females are usually bigger than the males and have shorter wings, while in the males wings cover at least the whole abdomen. Distribution Species of this genus are mainly present in most of Europe, Africa, in eastern Palearctic realm and the Near East. The " lesser cockroach" (''i.e.'' as found in Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photography Of Ectobius Vittiventris
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication. Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. With an electronic image sensor, this produces an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result with photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically "developed" into a visible image, either negative or positive, depending on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planuncus Tingitanus S
''Planuncus'' is a genus of cockroaches native to Old World (especially Europe) described by Bohn in 2013 and belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The genus was only recently erected in an ongoing effort to create better groupings of species in the Ectobiinae and is composed of species previously classified as '' Ectobius'' and '' Phyllodromica'' that share a number of characters to set these off from other species in these genera. The defining characters are mainly in the male genitalia and subgenital plate, so externally the species of the genus are not clearly separable by a common denominator from the remaining species still in the genera ''Ectobius'' or ''Phyllodromica''. Subgenera From the start, three subgenera are defined to further group the species within the genus ''Planuncus'', containing the species listed below (types are listed in bold): Subgenus ''Planuncus'' This subgenus comprises the species that might previously have been addressed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectobius Pallidus
''Ectobius pallidus'', the tawny cockroach, is a species of non-cosmopolitan cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It occurs in southern England, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal; in North Africa: Algeria and Tunisia. It is now known to be introduced into North America. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Ectobius pallidus chopardi'' Adelung, 1917 *''Ectobius pallidus minor'' Ramme, 1923 *''Ectobius pallidus pallidus'' ( Turton, 1806) – type *''Ectobius pallidus punctulatus'' ( Fieber, 1853) See also * * List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain __NOTOC__ The following is a list of the species of grasshopper, cricket and allied insects recorded from Britain. The insect orders covered by this list are: * the Orthoptera - Grasshoppers and crickets * the Dermaptera - earwigs * the Blattodea - ... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3047118 Insects of Europe Cockroaches Insects described in 1798 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Cockroach
The German cockroach (''Blattella germanica''), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pronotum running anteroposteriorly from behind the head to the base of the wings. Although ''B. germanica'' has wings, it can barely fly, although it may glide when disturbed. Of the few species of cockroach that are domestic pests, it probably is the most widely troublesome example. It is very closely related to the Asian cockroach, and to the casual observer, the two appear nearly identical and may be mistaken for each other. However, the Asian cockroach is attracted to light and can fly like a moth, while the German cockroach cannot. Biology and pest status The German cockroach occurs widely in human buildings, but is particularly associated with restaurants, food processing facilities, hotels, and institutional establishments such as nur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nymph (zoology)
In biology, a nymph is the immature form of some invertebrates, particularly insects, which undergoes gradual metamorphosis (biology), metamorphosis (hemimetabolism) before reaching its adult stage. Unlike a typical larva, a nymph's overall form already resembles that of the adult, except for a lack of wings (in winged species). In addition, while a nymph ecdysis, moults, it never enters a pupal stage. Instead, the final moult results in an adult insect. Nymphs undergo multiple stages of development called instars. This is the case, for example, in Orthoptera (cricket (insect), crickets, grasshoppers and locusts), Hemiptera (cicadas, shield bugs, Whitefly, whiteflies, aphids, leafhoppers, froghoppers, treehoppers etc.), mayfly, mayflies, termites, cockroaches, mantises, stonefly, stoneflies and Odonata (Dragonfly#Life cycle, dragonflies and damselfly, damselflies). Nymphs of aquatic insects, as in the Odonata, Ephemeroptera, and Plecoptera, are also called naiads, an Ancient Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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