CONTROL OF HOUSEHOLD INSECTS 



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House centipede 1 



This light brown, rapidly running, 

 sprawly legged centipede arouses more 

 or less aversion and terror through appre- 

 hension. Like other centipedes, it is 

 capable of inflicting a somewhat poison- 

 ous bite though, as a rule, it is only too 

 glad to escape. The house centipede has 

 become well established in the dwellings 

 of Albany, N. Y. and is presumably more 

 or less abundant in other cities of the 

 State. It is beneficial in that it is 

 known to prey upon house flies, cock- 

 roaches and other insects. Its presence 

 in a house should be welcomed, since it 

 is capable of inflicting no injury aside 

 from a somewhat poisonous bite, the 

 latter being extremely rare. 



Fig. 12 House centipede; 

 seen from above, enlarged, 

 the head still more enlarged. 

 (After Wood) 



FABRIC PESTS 



Clothes moths 



The small, w T hite caterpillars of these insects, frequently in a 

 cylindric, webbed case, are very different from the young of the 



Fig. 13 The common case-making clothes moth; 

 enlarged. (After Riley) 



lult; larva and larva in case; 



carpet beetles noticed on page 25, one of which is frequently 

 referred to as the Buffalo clothes moth. The true clothes moths 



1 S^c u t i g e r a forceps Raf . 



