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gpsman wrote:
>On Aug 20, 9:46 pm, "Kevin" <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: <crossposted
>to alt.consumers.pest-control>
>> I had a problem with woodpeckers about 8 years ago. I finally found out
>> what they were after. I sprayed down my house with an insecticide after
the
>> house was powerwashed. I filled the holes with caulk, before
re-staining.
>>
>> Now, these darn things are back. Not in droves, but just enough to
drive me
>> crazy.
>>
>> I was freshening up some trim work, and one of these darn bugs got on
my
>> hand, and bit me. I have a welt/bump on my hand, which itches like
crazy.
>> It's like a mosquito bite, but larger. I had a couple of bites on my
legs,
>> and thought it was mosquitoes, but now figure maybe it was these pesky
>> little critters.
>>
>> Anyways, this is in Northeast Ohio. I looked here in an attempt to
match up
>> the bug, no such luck.http://ohioline.osu.edu/b512/index.html
>> The closest thing is the springtail bug. But, I don't think that is it.
>>
>> Here's a link to some pictures of this little critter. The pictures are
the
>> best I could do with my camera. This is really a tiny little pest. Any
help
>> would be appreciated.
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/Roofguy35/Bugs
>
>Looks like a thrip to me, but I'm rusty, lazy, and tough to get
>interested.
Although there are several photos, I cannot see whether that bug is a
thrip, a springtail or a bristletail.
If these bugs jump, then then that means they are highly likely
springtails. I have seen plenty of thrips and springtails!
I give this lower chance since my recollections of springtails is that
they highly usually tuck their tails under their bodies into "pre-launch
position".
Also, I have managed to not yet see a bristletail. Springtails and
bristletails are both notably more primitive insects, with some
springtails
having some argument to being of a class of arthropods other than insects
despite being hexapods - with arguably-non-insect wingless orders/families
of hexapod arthropods being in the "class" Entognatha, amounting to as
much
as 3 orders.
Please keep in mind that earwigs and more-so silverfish are
"more-original"
insects (unusually wingless) that appear to me to push towards border
between insects and Entognatha.
Entognatha and arguably-Entognatha largely lack the metamorphosis of
insects.
On the other extreme, fleas have 5 stages of life cycle, as in a step
above that of the other more-metamorphosing orders of insects!
Egg-larva-pupa-nymph-adult is the 5-distinct-form life cycle that fleas
have, while most other insects have 3-4 stages.
- Don Klipstein (don@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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