Crickets and Household Pests

Contents: Preface. 1. Cricket diversity and control. 2. Household pests. Bibliography. Index.

"Household pests such as mosquitoes, sand flies, ratflea, housefly, eye flies, bed bugs, cockroaches etc. play an important role in transmitting fatal diseases to humans and domestic animals. Similarly, other pests like carpet beetles, powdered post beetle, clothes moths, silverfishes, book louse, ants etc. cause considerable losses to household properties. Hence, in the present text information is given on international status, distribution, identification, life cycle, hosts and epidemiological role and control of 45 household pest species. Special emphasis is given on crickets, 9 new species are described in this book. The book covers maximum household pest insects as a unique attempt and useful to common person, students, teachers, scientists and consultants in the field of Household Pest Management." (jacket)