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Mosquitoes - Aedes sp.
DTAPIR Entomologist
There are over 3,000 different species of mosquitoes around the world.“World’s deadliest animal” - responsible for around 1 million deaths per year.Mosquitoes do not transmit the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).A mosquito life cycle from an egg to
How to Avoid Bed Bugs During Travel (You’ll never know what’s waiting on the bed...)
DTAPIR Entomologist
Do you know that bed bugs travel a lot more than us humans? Bed bugs travel by hitching rides. They can be in the taxi cabs, buses, trains, airplanes, cinemas, and hotels! Bed bugs can hitch a ride in your belongings including clothing, bags, and lu
Bed Bugs
DTAPIR Entomologist
Cockroaches Two most common species, American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) and German cockroaches (Blatella germanica). Cockroaches carry millions of germs and bacterias on their body. Cockroaches carry the ootheca (egg casing) until the eggs
