List of pests and pests in the household

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The list of pests and nuisance flies in the household provides various pests , pests and parasites found in Central European households to be exhaustive without claim. The focus is on animal species, including native species and also some neozoa . They are the subject of pest control . Some pests that attack potted plants are also mentioned .

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Storage pests

Name and pseudonyms	Scientific name	description	Figure (s)
Common bacon beetle	Dermestes lardarius	Beetles and larvae feed on a wide variety of organic substances, such as B. wool, textiles, supplies, animal remains, etc.
German cockroach	Blattella germanica
Common cockroach , oriental cockroach, baker's cockroach	Blatta orientalis
American cockroach	Periplaneta americana
Dried fruit moth	Plodia interpunctella
Flour moth	Ephestia kuehniella
Bean beetle	Acanthoscelides obtectus
Bread beetle	Stegobium paniceum
Grain beetle	Oryzaephilus surinamensis	Affects grain, flour and nuts.

Material pests

Name and pseudonyms	Scientific name	description	Figure (s)
Clothes moth	Tineola bisselliella
Common rodent beetle , woodworm	Anobium punctatum	Damages furniture, art objects, musical instruments and wooden utensils.
Carpet beetle	Anthrenus scrophulariae
Humpback beetles, ball beetles	Gibbium psylloides	Affects wood, textiles, food.

Hygiene pests

Name and pseudonyms	Scientific name	description	Figure (s)
Bed bug	Cimex lectularius
Human flea	Pulex irritans
Head louse	Pediculus humanus capitis
House dust mites	Genus Dermatophagoides , particularly Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus , but also D. farinae , D. microceras and D. siboney	Triggers allergies.

Plant pests

Name and pseudonyms	Scientific name	description	Figure (s)
Sciarid gnats	especially Sciara hemerobioides
Greenhouse whitefly, whitefly	Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Pests

Name and pseudonyms	Scientific name	description	Figure (s)
Silverfish	Lepisma saccharina
Ovenfish	Thermobia domestica	Occasionally attacks paper (archive holdings).

See also

• List of wood-destroying building fungi
• Parasites of humans

Web links

• Institute for Pest Science: Profiles of the most important pests. with 200 descriptions.
• Stiftung Warentest : pests in the house. A Bug's Life.
• Federal Center for Nutrition : Storage pests in the household.