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German Cockroach ( Blatella Germanica) It is 0.5 - 1 cm, brwon and the fastest walking cockroach..It is in light brown colour with vertical dark stripes on it.The package it leaves contains about 40-48 eggs. One female can reach 30.000 breed in a year and it lives for one year.They are dirty and eat everything. They carry and pass any kinds of microbes and dirt. Since they need food and water, they can be seen everwhere human beings live.The primary places they will settle in home are the bathroom and the kitchen. They like the dark and they are active at nights. They are quite strong and gain strength against chemicals very easily.When the first appears, the area should be promptly disinfeected before they can spread. |
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American Cockroach (Periplanata Americana) This
is the biggest one among others. It is in brownish red colour with
wings. They eat everything human beings eat or do not eat. They
produce packages with 14-16 eggs in it and they can breed every
season.They live in colonies and their life span is 15 months. They
like wet, hot and dirty places.They choose the sewerage, boiler
rooms, storage, basement, package and such places to live.They carry
and pass microbes like Dysentery, Food Poisoning, Tuberculosis,
Gasroenteritis, Antrax,Pnomoni,Hepatitis, Fungus, Asthma, Allergic
reactions and such other diseases. |
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Oriental Cockroach (Blatta Orientalis) It is
in bright black colour and 1-1.5 cm long. Male ones have two brown
wings. Females are in a oval shape while males are thin built. They
are also called Karafatma. They live in basements, storages,
sewerage and building spaces. They speread over everywhere with the
imcreasing heat. They stay in their nests in winter. Their life span
is 6 months. They eat any food and organic materials. They carry and
pass microbes such as Dysentery, Food Poisoning, Tuberculosis,
Gasroenteritis, Antrax,Pnomoni,Hepatitis, Fungus, Asthma, Allergic
reactions and such other diseases. |
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Ant
There are various
catergories around 2-4 mm long, from black to brown or from red to
black colour. Those with wings are about 5-8 mm, brown and they have
two long wings. They nest at areas close to water, food sources .They
nest at frames, window ledges, cracks, holes and in vases. They live
in colonies. They cause Salmonellosis and Staphilacoc infections. |
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Housefly
They are 0.5-1 cm, in black, grey. 100-150 of them leave their eggs
in a pile at places containing garbage, fertilizer and such organic
materials. The larvae feed on these organic materials and mature and
fly in 7-8 days. They breed fast.They feed on any food and wastes.
They spread all over the places where human beings live. They carry
many microbes on their bodies and spread those around. They leave
their feces at the places they go around every 5 minutes.They cause
diseases such as Chlolera,Diare,Dysentery,Hepatitis,Poliomyelitis,
Food Poisoning,Selmonellosis,Tuberculosis and such. |
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Mosquito Among
those mosquitos known to have 2700 categories, the most significant
ones threatening human health are the 3 categories of Anopheles,Culex
and Aedes. They breed in any water ponds clean, hot, cool or dirty.
They leave their eggs into the water ponds separately or in groups.
Following larvae and pupa stages, they boceme mature in 8-9 days (imago).
Males feed on plant sap while females feed on both plant sap and
blood to breed. They are active at night.They can fly minimum 3km
and accumulate at areas where there are living beings. They play an
important role in contagion of diseases such as Malaria,
Elephantiasis, Yellow Fever, Nile Fever, Cerebritis and such. |
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Mite
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Spider
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Flea
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Bedbug
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Midge
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House Mice (Mus domesticus)
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Sewer Rats ( Rattus
norvegicus)
Sewer rats which are
about 25-28 cm with the exception of the tail, weight about 500
gram.Their noses are blunt. Their ears and eyes are small. Their fur
is rough and brown.: Both ends of their feces are blunt and ,n
capsule shape. Their fences are about 20mm . Sewer rats, mostly,
live aoutside the buildings, underground which may be beneath the
rubbish piles, concrete formations, railroads and by river side.
Sewer rats that mature in about 2-5 months, can produce 3-6 seeds in
a year and have 7-8 breed at each time. Yaklaşık 2-5 ayda erişkin
hale gelen lağım sıçanı yılda 3-6 döl verir ve her bir batında 7-8
yavru doğurur. Their smelling and hearing senses have extremely
developed. They can pass through holes bigger than 12 mm. |
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Attic Rats ( Rattus
rattus )
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