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The house fly is found all over the world where humans live and so is the most widely distributed insect. [1]This is a list of common household pests – undesired animals that have a history of living, invading, causing damage, eating human foods, acting as disease vectors or causing other harms in human habitation.
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Additionally 1702 insect species (28% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN. [ 2 ]
Pests and diseases of cereals: List of barley diseases; List of maize diseases; List of insect pests of millets; List of pearl millet diseases; List of oat diseases; List of rice diseases; List of wild rice diseases; List of rye diseases; List of sorghum diseases; Category:Triticale diseases; List of wheat diseases; Category:Insect pests of rice
Circular dendrogram of feeding behaviours A mosquito drinking blood (hematophagy) from a human (note the droplet of plasma being expelled as a waste) A rosy boa eating a mouse whole A red kangaroo eating grass The robberfly is an insectivore, shown here having grabbed a leaf beetle An American robin eating a worm Hummingbirds primarily drink nectar A krill filter feeding A Myrmicaria brunnea ...
Pest insects — The classification of an insect as a pest is a subjective one, based on its potential damage to human needs and/or natural habitats and ecosystems.; Pest insects can: damage or kill agricultural crops, ornamental plants, or native plants in situ; consume and/or damage harvested food; cause illness or unproductivity in agricultural animals (ie: cattle); and vector human ...
Herbivory is of extreme ecological importance and prevalence among insects.Perhaps one third (or 500,000) of all described species are herbivores. [4] Herbivorous insects are by far the most important animal pollinators, and constitute significant prey items for predatory animals, as well as acting as major parasites and predators of plants; parasitic species often induce the formation of galls.
Some of the most commonly consumed insects in Thailand are: [1] Acheta domestica (house cricket) Gryllus bimaculatus (Mediterranean field cricket) Brachytrupes portentosus (short-tailed cricket) Omphisa fuscidentalis (bamboo borer) Bombyx mori (silkworm pupa) Oecophylla smaragdina (weaver ant) Lethocerus indicus (giant water bug)