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Huntsman spiders so often find themselves within our human homes here in Australia.
They are superb pest control, going after insects such as cockroaches.
This female spotted high up on my lounge wall, just under the ceiling. She is within genus Heteropoda, commonly known as giant huntsman.
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Pest control(manually) in the farm. Not sure if you can identify but this is the field of potato, where it was paddy field last year. You can check the harvest scene in above links.
Presenting to you a lovely little Striped Ladybird, which was running up and down the branch, before it took off to flight!
Though these are insects, these are not pests in the garden. On the other hand, these beauties are gardener's or farmer's friends, as they eat up on the mites, aphids and plant lice, right from the time they come out of their eggs.
The Wise Watchman: A fantastic portrait of a Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) taken during the day in Purbasthali. These small, adaptable owls play a vital role in the ecosystem, acting as natural pest controllers by feeding on rodents and insects in agricultural lands and urban areas. They rely on old tree hollows and abandoned structures in places like Purbasthali for safe nesting and roosting.
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Praying mantises are closely related to termites and cockroaches. The word mantis comes from the Greek word mantis meaning prophet or fortune teller. There is a well known myth that the female mantis will eat the male after reproduction. Studies have shown this is not necessarily natural behavior, but the result of being studied in un-natural laboratory conditions. Mantises are masters of camouflage, both to avoid being eaten themselves, and to ambush their prey. The natural lifespan of a mantis in the wild is about 10-12 months. The mantis can lash out at remarkable speed, prey are caught and held securely with grasping, spiked forelegs. Their diet usually consists of living insects, including flies and aphids. Larger mantises have been known to eat small lizards, frogs, birds, snakes, and even rodents.
Mantids are found only on land in rainforests, dry forests, undisturbed and second-growth forests. Many gardeners consider mantises to be desirable insects, as they prey upon many harmful insect species. Organic gardeners who avoid pesticides may encourage mantises as a form of biological pest control. When directly threatened, many mantis species stand tall and spread their forelegs, with their wings fanning out wide. The fanning of the wings evidently makes the mantis seem larger and more threatening. Sexual cannibalism is common among mantises in captivity, and under some circumstances may also be observed in the field. The female may start feeding by biting off the male’s head (as with any prey), and if mating had begun, the male’s movements may become even more vigorous in its delivery of sperms.
Mantids in general are very harmless critters. They, in general, don't attack human beings, instead focusing their attacks on prey items. As a matter of fact you can usually handle a wild praying mantis without any concern for a bite. The Mantis is sitting on the hair of my mother-in-law and my little nephew Boss is watching her and that odd creature ;-)
Bidsprinkhanen zijn een orde van insecten die wereldwijd voorkomen maar voornamelijk in tropische streken leven. In vergelijking met andere insecten zijn bidsprinkhanen relatief groot maar door de vaak goede camouflage vallen ze nauwelijks op. Bidsprinkhanen zijn zonder uitzondering vleeseters en staan bekend als vraatzuchtig en kannibalistisch. Ze grijpen alles wat ze fysiek aankunnen, de voornaamste vijanden zijn hagedissen en vogels. Bidsprinkhanen hebben de opvallende gewoonte om het sterk vergrote voorste potenpaar in rust voor zich uit te houden waarbij de duidelijk zijn samengeklapt. Hieraan is de Nederlandse naam bidsprinkhanen te danken. Bidsprinkhanen zijn niet direct verwant aan de sprinkhanen; ze onderscheiden zich van de krekels en sprinkhanen doordat ze zonder uitzondering vleeseters zijn, niet kunnen springen en een totaal andere lichaamsbouw hebben. Bidsprinkhanen hebben altijd een opgerichte lichaamshouding en nooit een kruipende. Ze zijn ondanks de naam 'sprinkhaan' sterker verwant aan de kakkerlakken dan aan de krekels en sprinkhanen. Er zijn ongeveer 2300 verschillende soorten waarmee de bidsprinkhanen een relatief kleine orde zijn. In tegenstelling tot de meeste insecten is het tevens een vrij uniforme groep. De paring is voor het mannetje een hachelijke zaak, omdat de kans bestaat dat hij al voor de paring wordt opgegeten door het vrouwtje.
Taken in the parking lot of the Speedway Cafe in Mount Juliet.
Many photos I've taken over the years were made possible by coming across subjects purely by accident. This pic is an example. We were early into our third day of driving to north Texas and had left Lenoir City, just west of Knoxville, without grabbing breakfast first. We stopped in Mount Juliet, wanting to get something to eat before moving through Nashville, and on to our next stop, in Hope, Arkansas. As we were leaving I saw this truck with its great graphic and walked over for a closer look. We spent several minutes grabbing phone pics, being careful to get the best angle for eliminating reflections, when the driver appeared. He asked why we were interested enough in his truck to want photos. At this point I showed him some spider images I had on my phone... a number of them being "in your face" shots of Black Widows. He gave us both his business card and mentioned that we should contact his company, Central Tennessee Termite & Pest Control.
The graphic certainly is an attention getter, but is inaccurate. Black Widows don't construct orb webs... ever. They build shapeless, messy webs in a very haphazard manner. Also, to be anywhere near believable, the spider should be on the other side of the web. I could have reworked the image in Photoshop... carefully placing web strands over the spider, but would have still had the Black Widow occupying a web that clearly wasn't her own. However, the average customer with a serious bug problem isn't going to care one bit about the accuracy of any picture on an exterminator's truck. It serves a purpose as-is. It's creepy, has a creepy (if generic) web, and gets the idea across that these are "bug people" that can help you.
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Praying mantises are closely related to termites and cockroaches. The word mantis comes from the Greek word mantis meaning prophet or fortune teller. There is a well known myth that the female mantis will eat the male after reproduction. Studies have shown this is not necessarily natural behavior, but the result of being studied in un-natural laboratory conditions. Mantises are masters of camouflage, both to avoid being eaten themselves, and to ambush their prey. The natural lifespan of a mantis in the wild is about 10-12 months. The mantis can lash out at remarkable speed, prey are caught and held securely with grasping, spiked forelegs. Their diet usually consists of living insects, including flies and aphids. Larger mantises have been known to eat small lizards, frogs, birds, snakes, and even rodents.
Mantids are found only on land in rainforests, dry forests, undisturbed and second-growth forests.
Mantids in general are very harmless critters. They, in general, don't attack human beings, instead focusing their attacks on prey items. As a matter of fact you can usually handle a wild praying mantis without any concern for a bite. Photo taken the tropical island, Koh Mak.
Bidsprinkhanen zijn een orde van insecten die wereldwijd voorkomen maar voornamelijk in tropische streken leven. In vergelijking met andere insecten zijn bidsprinkhanen relatief groot maar door de vaak goede camouflage vallen ze nauwelijks op. Bidsprinkhanen zijn zonder uitzondering vleeseters en staan bekend als vraatzuchtig en kannibalistisch. Ze grijpen alles wat ze fysiek aankunnen, de voornaamste vijanden zijn hagedissen en vogels. Bidsprinkhanen hebben de opvallende gewoonte om het sterk vergrote voorste potenpaar in rust voor zich uit te houden waarbij de duidelijk zijn samengeklapt. Hieraan is de Nederlandse naam bidsprinkhanen te danken. Bidsprinkhanen zijn niet direct verwant aan de sprinkhanen; ze onderscheiden zich van de krekels en sprinkhanen doordat ze zonder uitzondering vleeseters zijn, niet kunnen springen en een totaal andere lichaamsbouw hebben. Bidsprinkhanen hebben altijd een opgerichte lichaamshouding en nooit een kruipende. Ze zijn ondanks de naam 'sprinkhaan' sterker verwant aan de kakkerlakken dan aan de krekels en sprinkhanen.
The cross orb-weaver (Araneus diadematus), although non-native (introduced from Europe) is not considered a pest, as it does not pose a competitive threat to native spiders, nor is it dangerous to humans It is, however, an excellent garden guardian, devouring many pest insects.
It appears to be well-established throughout North America.
This one is lighter and more reddish than what I usually see.
In Sri Lanka there is pest control every month especially in front of schools. It's against mosquitos to decrease the Dengue cases.
Papa barn owl waiting for dark to fall so he can go hunt. I could hear wee ones squawking for dinner in the box. I saw glimpses of Mama owl inside.
This neighborhood has several great horned owls as well, so the "barnies" need to be careful so they don't become dinner themselves.
I love their heart-shaped faces.
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It is said that most pest insects have at least one type of wasp that preys on it and therefore play a vital role in natural pest control.
Something else that I find fascinating about wasps are that they are in the same order (Hymenoptera) as ants and bees.
Doean't it just look like a cross between an ant and a bee?
Then again these things look positively alien to me too...
I took this photo in the Spring of 1999 on 49th Street, Pinellas Park, Florida in the Parking Lot of a Strip Mall, where I used to eat lunch on work days. It is owned by a Pest Control Company, which exterminates termites. Some of Truly Nolen's Vehicles are modified to look like Mice with Tails, Ears & Whiskers added to their vehicles. In fact, this car has a decal on the door, that is a caricature of the face of a mouse.
Disclaimer: I took this photo in the Spring of 1999 with my Minolta Maxxim 5000 SLR using Slide Film, when I was just learning photograph; so they are very soft & grainy. I scanned the Slide and used Photoshop Elements to correct the exposure and to generate this Digital Image.
Not the usual site at the Hospital where I Work. Someone has a sense of humor. And... the pest control efforts are working.
Found this Pine weevil (13mm long, Hylobius abietis, Curculionidae) in a mixed forest in Valmiera (northern Latvia, August 2015). It is also a common pest in plantations of coniferous trees.
Studio work with a cleaned and staged specimen. Focus stack based on 122 images, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap).
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I saw this pest control truck next door so went and grabbed the camera... I hope they had better luck with the bugs because HE's still there... Happy Truck Thursday, Everybody!!!
This very old biplane occasionally flew over our hotel in Varadero, Cuba at dusk, spraying to keep down the mosquitos and insects. I managed to get this close shot, from the highest available place in the hotel, at sunset as it appeared over the hotel roof and made it's last pass, just starting to release the spray. The picture I have posted in the first comment below is of the same plane as it flew away over the other hotels with the spray on full release. Because of the new Flickr lay out, I have now made it viewable to all and you can see it next to this one on my stream. Thanks to 'SBA73' who has identified it as an 'Antonov AN-2 Soviet Aircraft' which is/was widely used as a parachute platform and for crop dusting. See more pics and details of this plane on his photostream.
Full length macro (minus a bit of antennae) of a brownish colored Praying Mantis keeping the pests away from my pepper plants.
Two and a half inches tuber on a root of the prolific cat claw vine in my backyard garden in Tucson, Arizona, Southwestern USA.
I positioned my camera so you can see through the hole in the root.
This patch was overgrown and is being cleared for a vegetable and flower garden. The minute I saw this tuber, I knew I had my Macro Mondays theme shot for the week ending today.
Never plant this invasive vine in the ground!!! It is a menace, an invasive pest. The previous owners had planted it on the sleepy garden walls and one side of the house. It's been quite a struggle to begin to get rid of it.
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I don't know their profession, pest control is just my wild guess...
There are various natural predators that can kill mosquitoes and keep them under check.
As seen here, a water strider has come forward and caught hold of a mosquito, which was perhaps flying low with view to lay eggs on water surface.
The witnesses of the kill are the couple of insects that are there on the side of this water strider.
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox overhead. AB800 open behind backdrop of white faux suede.Triggered by Cybersync.
If you live in Arizona, then you know it is impossible to ignore or miss the swarms of bees that have been invading certain parts of the state. Watch this video to know more. Watch this video or read this www.sextonpestcontrol.com/staying-safe-from-swarms-of-bees/
www.markcarmodyphotography.com/blog and www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/Articles.asp
The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel (genus Sciurus). A tree-dwelling omnivorous rodent, the red squirrel is common throughout Eurasia.
In Great Britain and Ireland, numbers have decreased drastically in recent years, in part because of the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America.
The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. (wikipedia)
This is one of the group of red squirrels transported from the British Wildlife Centre in Surrey to Tresco Abbey Gardens in September 2013. There are no grey squirrels on Tresco and the Reds are doing very well indeed here. I was on Tresco during a cruise working as a Naturalist with Lindblad/National Geographic in May 2015.
A case of vivid realism here in this English language advert for the "Electro-Insecto" fly killer trap from c1927 and that appears in an article illustrating German machinery advertising. It is the work of Ludwig Holhwein (1874 - 1949) who is widely acknowledged as being one of the great poster artists and graphic designers of the Twentieth Century having first trained as an architect until he switched to design in c1908. His later work became associated with the Nazi Regime after they assumed power in 1933.
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Natural pest control is always the best pest control available in the whole of universe. Here a Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) is seen consuming an unfortunate caterpillar of perhaps some moth.
The arachnid has held the head of the moth and should have injected venom to paralyze the victim, further to which it will suck out all body fluids and then leave the crust back there on the leaf! Despite being paralyzed, the legs of the caterpillar still holds tightly to the leaf that it is perched upon!