Wasps or Yellow Jackets

Wasps or Yellow Jackets

Body: twice the size of a honey bee, their adomens are longer and more narrow than a bee’s. Longer wings. Their coloring is alternating black and bright yellow (sometimes white) bands. 5/8 to 1 inch in size. All wasps will defend their nests, but...

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Bees

Bees

Body: Alternating dark brown and golden yellow sections Honey bees are social insects, with a marked division of labor between the various types of bees in the colony. A colony of honey bees includes a queen, drones and workers. Chances are, if...

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House Mouse

House Mouse

Body: brown, with white belly, but can vary (see below) A small, scaly-tailed mouse with a distinct notch in the cutting surface of upper incisor. ); hair short; ears moderately large and naked; upperparts ochraceous, suffused with black; belly...

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Norway Rat

Norway Rat

Body: brown, similar to the Roof Rat, but larger and chunkier; tail shorter than length of head and body The Norway Rat lives both as a commensal in close association with man and in the feral state. As a commensal this rat lives principally in...

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Roof Rat

Roof Rat

Body: A blackish (or brownish), medium-sized, slender rat with long, naked, scaly tail; tail usually longer than head and body but not always so. Total length, 370 mm; tail, 190 mm; hind foot, 36 mm. Weight, up to 200 g. Roof rats are largely...

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Brown Recluse Spider

Brown Recluse Spider

Body: uniformly-colored abdomens that can vary from a tan to dark brown. In many species there is a characteristic darkened violin-shaped pattern which occurs on the front half of the head region. The Brown Recluse spider is not, nor is any...

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Spiders

Spiders

Body: Shiny black with hourglass-shaped red spot on bottom of adomen Black widow spiders are common around wood piles, and are frequently encountered when homeowners carry firewood into the house. Also found under eaves, in boxes, outdoor...

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Florida Woods Cockroach

Florida Woods Cockroach

The Florida woods cockroach is a large species of cockroach, which usually grows to a length of 1½ inch to 2 inches. It has a wide, glossy body, and appears at first glance to be wingless, however it does have very short wings just beneath its...

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German Cockroach

German Cockroach

Body: Brown to dark brown in color with two distinct parallel bands running the length of the body The German cockroach is the cockroach of concern, the species that gives all other cockroaches a bad name. It occurs in structures throughout...

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Cockroach

Cockroach

American Cockroach Body: reddish brown and have a yellowish margin on the body region behind the head The American cockroach is the largest of the house-infesting roaches. They are 1 and 1/2 inches long (38mm). American cockroaches generally live...

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Mosquito

Mosquito

Body: have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and long legs. The wings long and narrow, with scales along the veins. Bodies also very thin. Females bite, but males do not; the female proboscis has 6 piercing parts. Body...

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Ants

Ants

Body Color: The color of the worker ant can vary from light brown or dark brown. Acrobat ants get their name from their unique habit of sometimes running while holding their abdomen above their thorax when disturbed. This gives them the...

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