- Know Your Pests
- Mosquito – Asian Tiger or Yellow Fever
Mosquito – Asian Tiger or Yellow Fever
Confused Flour Beetle (Also see Rust-Red Flour Beetle)
Granary Weevil (Also see Rice Weevil)
Mediterranean Flour Moth or Mill Moth
Red-legged Ham or Copra Beetle
Rice Weevil (Also see Granary Weevil)
Rust-Red Flour Beetle (Also see Confused Flour Beetle)
Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth (Also see Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth)
Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth (Also see Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth)
Appearance
Adult : 6.4-12.7mm long, black with striped white markings (Aedes Spp.), thin, long-legged winged insect; adults have three pairs of long, slender legs, with an elongate "beak" or proboscis to pierce skin.
Life Cycle
Eggs laid in stagnant water. Larvae develop in water and pupate after a week. Adults emerge from pupae after 2-3 days.
Notes
Only adult females bite humans and other animals as they need blood meals to produce eggs. They breed in stagnant water & Culex Spp. breeds prolifically in polluted water such as drains, cess pools, gutters, septic tanks, etc, in urban surroundings. It is the common house mosquito and a major nuisance after dusk, biting heavily and causing sleepless nights. It transmits Filaria.
