We have searched the net and collected interesting facts about the pests and
different statistics about the economic cost they damage
to humans. Feel free to read them or even use them for your purpose.
Did you Know that:
About 8,000 species are discovered each
year
It has been estimated that there may be 30 million different
species of insects on earth
Pests
Facts
Create their colonies always in the soil,
very rarely they create colonies inside the building
A colony of ants ranges between 100,000 -
500,000
In the savanna of the African Ivory Coast
the density of ants is more than 7,000 colonies and 20 million
individuals per hectare.
Queen ants have been known to live up to
15 years
Ants carry weights twenty times their body
weight
When building their nests, they
incorporate water traps to keep rain out
They build their nest as deep as 4m in the
soil
A typical queen ant will usually fly to a
new location to start a new colony by herself. She will not need to fly
any more, so she sheds her wings.
Stats
Studies
suggest 1/3 of the entire animal biomass of the Amazon Rain Forest is
composed of ants
It has been estimated that an ant's brain
may have the same processing power as a Macintosh II
Facts
The feral Pigeon in the only bird in the
world that will make its nest using its own droppings
Most young crows remain with their parents
and help them raise young in subsequent years. Families may include up
to 15 members and contain young from 5 different years.
Stats
Facts
Bed
bugs can live over a year without eating
Stats
Bees
Facts
Stats
Facts
American cockroaches are the largest of the
common roaches
A single cockroach can is capable of producing several
thousand offspring in a year (about 30,000)
A pair of cockroaches can multiply to 4.5 million a year
A Cockroach can live up to a week without a head
Cockroaches can survive radiation levels equivalent to a
thermonuclear explosion
Cockroaches are one of the oldest insects. There are cockroach
fossil remains which date back 200 million years
They can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes
In SouthEast Asia they use cockroaches for medical purposes
Cockroaches cannot see in red light, but see in green light very
well
Stats
Over 250 million dollars is spent every year in the U. S. on cockroach
control products
It is estimated that 15 million Americans are allergic to
cockroaches
It is estimated that 70% of asthma is caused by the presence of
cockroaches in our premises
Facts
A flea can remain frozen for a year and survive
A
newly-emerged and hungry adult flea can jump 40,000 times without a break
Fleas can jump 150 times their own length
Actually
a flea can jump up to 2 meters high A flea can survive for months without feeding
Stats
Facts
Flies can be found in all parts of the world
Female houseflies can lay about 100
eggs per batch and up to 12-14 batches during its lifespan
One fly can carry 6 million bacteria
on the outside and even more than 25 million bacteria on the inside
Flies can have "population
explosions" during periods of hot, humid conditions
Stats
It is estimated that there are more than 87,000 species of Flies worldwide
Grasshoppers
Facts
Stats
Facts
Did you now that 10 – 20% of the weight of an old pillow is dust mites?
Stats
More than 1 in 8 Britons (13.2%), suffer from asthma. 85% of
asthma sufferers have been proved to be allergic to dust mites
Facts
Mice teeth are 5 1/2 times stronger than steel
They can exercise a pressure about 24,ooo lbs/in2 with their jaws
Mice have very poor vision
Can run on any vertical rough surface
Cannot climb on a shinny surface
Rats have an excellent sense of taste and a good memory. A rat can
identify certain substances, including rat poisons, after just a tiny taste
of it.
Mice always move around their nest (about 10-15 ft)
Mice travel the same runaway again and again all day
A single female mouse may produce 50
offspring annually
One pair of rats shed more than one million body hairs each year
Mice can enter a house through a crack as small
as Ľ inch or a gap of 5mm
The female rat averages up to twenty two sex acts a day
The rat is mankind’s Number One four legged enemy and probably the most
astute
Greeks and Indians thought mice were lightning bolts
Mice Originated in Asia
Stats
Estimates about Rats population in NYC claim to be between 40-90 million
The food they destroy annually is about 32 million tons worldwide,
enough to feed 130 Million people
Facts
The Large Whip snake (Το Θερκό) - The only
endemic reptile in Cyprus - it
is probably the longest snake in Europe
The venom of the king cobra, the world's
largest poisonous snake, is strong enough to kill an elephant Snakes do
not pass urine, they have no bladders
The
only two countries devoid of snakes are Ireland and Antarctica
Australia
has the greatest number of venomous snakes All
snakes are carnivorous; some also eat crayfish, eggs, porcupines, even
turtles They
are all exothermic - cold blooded Female
snakes can be tracked during the mating season by males as they give off
pheromones An
angry snake can strike about half its length Snakes
cannot move backwards but they can still strike backwards Male snakes
have two penises called Hemi Peres or half penis
Stats
Each year, nearly 8,000 people receive poisonous snake bites in
the US
In Cyprus you are 1,000 times more likely to die in a road
accident than from a snake bite
When snakes strike they have a near 100% success rate
Snails
Facts
Eat plants with their tongue
There are thousands of tiny teeth on a
snails tongue
Snails grind up small pieces of rock to
get minerals that they need for their shell
Snails hibernate in Winter
Can eat double their body weight per day
They appear mostly in the night
Stats
Facts
In a termite colony live between 100,000 - 1,000,000 termites
Termites can be hidden for 10 to 12 years before a swarm becomes
visible
A Termite Queen lays 2500 (two and a half thousand) of eggs every day
They travel up 200 ft to find food
Some species of subterranean termites can consume 15lbs (pounds) of wood per
week! A small colony can devour a linear foot
of a 2-by-4 in five months The total
weight of all termites in the world is greater than that of all of humans in
the world Termites
can enter through a crack as tiny as 1/32 of an inch
Stats
Termites cause $5 billion dollars in damages on buildings in the United
States every year
In Australia the annual cost from damages is close to US$1 billion
(US dollars)
10% of the houses in Australia are infested & 130,000 new houses are
attacked annually
Average cost per household in Australia is about $7,000.
In Cyprus the average cost per household is about €2,000.
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