Ants
Identification
- Size: From 1.5 mm to 13 mm.
- Colour: Black, dark brown, red, or tan.
- Description: Ants' bodies are divided into three distinct parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. The thorax is joined to the abdomen by nodes. All ants have six legs, but only reproductive ants have wings.
Bed Bugs
Identification
- Colour: Reddish brown, with the abdomen darker as blood is digested
- Size: Adults are approximately 4 to 5 mm long, the size of an apple seed
- Description: Bed bugs are oval in shape; they have a flattened body, two antennae, and six legs
Cockroaches
Identification
- Colour: Black to reddish-brown
- Size: From 1 cm to 5 cm long
- Description: All cockroaches have a pair of long antennae and six long, spiny legs. The body is flattened back to front and oval-shaped. Most cockroaches have wings, but cannot fly long distances.
Rodents
Identification
- Colour: Brown, grey
- Size: From 150 mm to 500 mm long, including tail
- Description: The rodents that most commonly invade homes are mice and rats. Like all rodents, they have continuously growing, sharp incisors in their upper and lower jaws. They also have robust bodies, short limbs, long tails, and they like to burrow.
Flies
Identification
- Colour: Varies between species
- Size: Up to 10 mm long
- Description: A typical adult fly has three body parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. They have two compound eyes, two antennae, and various mouthparts, as well as two functional, membranous wings and three pairs of legs. Fly larvae are tiny, cream-whitish, legless, and often worm-like.
Mosquitoes
Identification
- Colour: Grey, white, silver, green or iridescent blue
- Size: From 4 mm to 10 mm long
- Description: Have three pairs of long legs, a pair of membranous, scaled wings, and halteres attached to the thorax.
- Notes: Some species have brilliantly coloured and patterned wings.
Spiders
Identification
- Colour: Varies between species
- Size: From 3 mm to 35 mm long depending on the species
- Description: All spiders have four pairs of legs, which are segmented and in most cases skinny in appearance.
Bees
Identification
- Colour: Yellow and/or black
- Size: Between 11 and 25 mm in length
- Also known as honey bees, carpenter bees, and bumble bees