An easy way to distinguish harmful German cockroaches from harmless forest cockroaches in Germany
In order to distinguish harmful German cockroaches from harmless forest cockroaches living in parks and forests in Germany, look at their pronotum:
Cerobasis guestfalica – booklouse with the huge eyes
Among domestic insects, booklice Cerobasis guestfalica have one of the largest eyes compared to body size.
18 photos of booklice, that shows, what do these insects look like in real apartments and houses
All these photos were sent to me by my viewers from various countries, all of them were taken in ordinary houses and apartments. And on all of them there are booklice...
Fowl tick in an apartment in India
If pigeons have built a nest on the window of your house, then be prepared that such disgusting arthropod guests will soon appear in your apartment…
How to identify swallow bugs Oeciacus hirundinis in a house?
Such bugs can be mistaken for ordinary bed bugs, if not for one “but” - this is what will allow you to get rid of them without difficult disinfestation.
Pigeon tick from the apartment on 16th floor
If such a creature appears in an apartment located next to the attic, then it is almost certainly a pigeon tick.
Tawny cockroach, Ectobius lapponicus, or Ectobius vittiventris in house
A girl from Germany almost panicked when she found cockroach-like insects in her home. And although they were indeed cockroaches, there was no reason to worry. And here's why...
Innocent dusky cockroach Ectobius lapponicus, which is often mistaken for a pest
If you encounter such cockroaches near your home or even indoors, do not rush to kill them. This is a dusky cockroach, and it is absolutely harmless.
Bird mites (highly likely red mites Dermanyssus gallinae) from the apartments right under the attic
Identifying mites of the genus Dermanyssus is a real pleasure when they are photographed as in these images, when their insides are clearly visible...
Tropical rat mites Ornithonyssus bacoti from my viewer’s apartment
My viewer had such small biting parasites in his apartment that it was possible to photograph them normally only through a microscope. See what they look like and how to recognize them correctly: