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Brown Rat, Sewer Rat, Common Rat, Norway Rat
	Identification
	Colour generally brown (may vary) Weight 150g-500g (average 300g) Length 440mm including the tail
Habitat Burrows two feet underground (60cm) 80mm diameter hole. Rivers/stream banks, farms (especially pig units, stables, poultry). Can be found in any building but especially cellars and sewers.

House Mouse
	Identification
	The house mouse has a shorter tail than other mice, it is very variable in colour, being grey, brown and almost black and normally the species has a grey belly. Weight 15g (0.5 ounces) Length 6cm-9cm
Habitat It has a wide range of habitats, all buildings, coalmines to tower blocks, food factories, shops, to abattoirs.

Common Wasp
	Identification
	10mm to 20mm, narrow waist, distinctive banding in bright yellow and black, two pairs or membranous wings.
Breeding Queen emerges from hibernation in mid-April, constructs 10-20 chambers and lays eggs in each one, sterile female workers hatch and by late summer the colony reaches 3,000 to 30,000 individuals. Males and new Queens are produced in late summer, males mate with the new Queens and then die. The Queen wasps in turn fly off to find an over winter hibernation site, usually inside buildings or hollow trees.

Bedbug
	Identification
	Strongly depressed, oval body, reddish brown, but become purple after feeding. They only have small wing buds but have well-developed antennae and compound eyes. Their legs are clawed to allow them to climb rough surfaces.
Habitat Bedside furniture, door casings, under windowsillw, pictures and posters, under peeling wallpaper, in cracks and crevices in floorboards or skirting boards, in the seams of curtains and any other similar place.

Cat Flea/Dog Flea
	Identification
	2mm-3mm long and brown eggs are 0.5mm long oval and pearly white. Four to eight eggs laid after blood meal, 1000 in lifetime. Eggs hatch after 10 days.
Habitat Often around pets and their bedding, sometimes in disused premises which have been vacated by pets.

Silverfish
	Identification
	15mm-20mm, tapered carrot shaped body, covered in silvery scales producing a white glistening appearance. Three distinctive thin bristly tails, long thin antennae and are wingless.
Habitat Lives mainly outdoors, it is also commonly encountered indoors as a casual intruder when the beetles are looking for shelter.

House Fly
	Identification
	6mm long, wingspan of 10mm, grey/black chequered abdomen which is slightly hairy, blackish stripes on thorax, distance between eyes wide in female and narrow in male.
Habitat This fly is found around dustbins, compactors and where there are poor hygiene practises. Up to 150 eggs each 1mm long laid in batches at a time in the selected foodstuffs.

Common Cockroach
	Identification
	17mm-30mm, dark brown to black, very shiny and very flattened, the female has very reduced wings buds and the male wings are longer to almost the end of the abdomen.
Habitat Mainly in heated buildings, dustbin areas, wate/compactor areas, cellars, boiler houses, ductings and lift shafts. Colonies are often established in drains or services but sometimes in cladding and dead spaces inside processing equipment.

Hornets
	Identification
	30-40mm long, narrow waist, distinctive banding in bright yellow and black, two pairs or membranous wings.
Habitat Hornets are far more difficult and dangerous to control than wasps. The nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building. Hornet nests may contain thousands which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. The nests are often located out of reach and removal is best accomplished by a professional pest control firm.

Cluster Flies
	Identification
	6mm long, wingspan 10mm, a largish fly with a distinctive bristly yellowish and black marked abdomen.
Habitat South West and mainly South facing buildings are favoured. The flies will invade cladded buildings and silos and will enter roof spaces and voids via small gaps and crevices in the fabric. They will cluster on the exterior of buildings in huge numbers prior to crawling into the harbourages.

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