Carpenter bees are large flying insects that are most active from early spring all throughout summer. Similar to other types of bees carpenters are responsible for pollinating flowers and plants. However their ability to sting and build nests close to home poses a significant threat to homeowners. Identifying the right type of bee and understanding its habits will help residents determine how to correctly control these vibrantly colored insects. Giant resin bees bumblebees are carpenters are some of the heftiest types of bees. The three have a number of physical similarities which makes it difficult to tell them apart. Giant resin bees measure around 1 to 1 ½ inches in length. Carpenter types measure ½ to 1 inch long while bumblebees measure 1/3 to ¾ inch in length. Giant resins have longer slender bodies while the carpenter types are shorter and wider. Both the carpenter and the giant resin bee have a yellow and black abdomen. Out Read more »

Humans and animals have been annoyed for thousands of years by flies. Gnats fruit flies horse flies deer flies and the common house fly are some of the commonly known species of flies. Flies transmit many different diseases by picking up disease causing organisms from dead animals rotting debris or sewage.They transmit these disease causing organisms onto our food or almost anything we touch through their vomit feces or their mouths. Most flies lay eggs into some sort of food source for the larvae. An ideal environment for these future flies are garbage spoiled or rotting food or animal as well as human feces. Fly larvae develop very quickly into adult flies. The transformation usually takes only 4-7 days. Adult flies can mate within hours of pupating and produce another generation of flies. Under favorable conditions in warm summer months flies can produce 2-3 generations before they die after 20 Read more »

Flies are one of the most common insects that you come across in everyday life. Flies belong to the order Diptera. These insects are characterized by a pair of wings: the wings are present on the mesothorax. Apart from this flies also possess a pair of halters: these are present on the metathorax.Flies are insects which fly in an aerial environment. Flies are characterized by their short bodies which are quite adept at moving in air. The top portion of the fly’s body consists of antennae and compound eyes. Its mouth is also well developed with the presence of a mandible and a maxilla. The body of flies includes a thorax. The thorax bears the wings and the muscles used while flying. Thus the second portion of the thorax is the largest portion of the body of flies. It contains the flying muscles. The first and third portions of Read more »