About Some insects found in Southern Utah
ANTS
Ants are common insects, with unique capabilities. Legendary communication skills allowing their colonies to communicate creating super colonies. Ants can be cause home damage, nesting in or out of your home without knowledge, chew through electrical wires, insulation, and even drywall and kitchen cabinets.
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
The venom of the black widow is potent, about 15 times stronger than a bite from a rattlesnake, and usually not deadly. A variety of other symptoms including trouble breathing, nausea, and numbness around the bite. Theses symptoms can become severe especially small children and people with weakened immune system. The webs look irregular in shape, uneven and tangled while the female hangs upside down which displays the red hour glass shape.
BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER
Brown recluse spiders do not use a web. They are nocturnal hunters, chase down their prey, have use of fangs that inject deadly venom, like most spiders can go months without food. The venom of one bites a human or pet could have side affects, but usually clears up on it own without medical attention.
EARWIGS
Earwig typically take place in late spring and early summer. They like cool and wet places, oil, grease, or any sweet. Earwigs are known to be scary looking, still have a purpose by feasting on dead and decaying plants.
COCHROACH
It is believed that cockroaches originated more than 280 million years ago. A cockroach can hold breath for 40 minutes, run up to 3 miles in an hour, newborn can become adults in little as 35 days, and 1 day old baby cockroach can run almost as fast as the adult roaches. Cockroaches can live without food for 1 month. They tend to be the most adaptable creature on earth.
HOBO SPIDER
Hobo spiders build funnel webs that open at both ends expanding outward. Can be found in holes, cracks, crevices to support the web. They are poor climbers and usually found close by the ground. Can be found in basements, window wells, crawl spaces. Hobo spider bites, have much controversy, however the agreeing thought is that the hobo spider bite can cause mild pain and redness.
SCORPION
Scorpions are the hunters of the insect world. Fearsome predators catch their grub with their pincers and then whip its tail forward to sting and kill the doomed victim. Equipped with super survival skills, they can survive extreme temperatures and environments. Scorpions can slow down their metabolism so much they can survive off 1 insect per year. Researchers have frozen scorpions overnight, only to put them in the sun the next day and watch them walk away.
SILVERFISH
Silverfish are mainly a nuisance pest vs. threat. Property damage, that is why silverfish control is important. Known to infest items like wallpaper, books, envelopes, paper, glue, clothing, rolled oats, flour. Keeping moisture away, watering, standing water, concrete slab, pavers dry as possible. Remember standing water dries in summer heat slowly creating algae. Once dry out now becomes an algae fest for silverfish and more.
TARANTULA
Tarantula spiders are slow deliberate movers. Females only mate once a year and can live up to 30 years . If you do get a bite, which is rare, would be similar to a bee sting and the area become red. When tarantulas are threatened, it rubs its hind legs across its own body surface and flicks thousands of tiny hairs toward the threat. When it comes to feeding insects are great but lager game like frogs, mice lizards, and birds are quite tasty. What is home? Burrows itself and lines the inside with the silk it makes.
TERMITES
Termites have been around 130 million years, closely related to the cockroach. Termites can chew through wood, paper, flooring . Termites are soft bodied, only 2 segment features, wings equal in size, straight antennae. The difference between ants and termites are ants have hard bodies, 3 body segments, 1 long wing, 1 short wing each side, elbowed antennae.
WASP
Wasps are the kamikaze of the sky. Almost all insects are easy food for wasp to get. Wasps can be found everywhere and can recognize other wasp by identifying the individual unique facial patterns. To date there are 30,000 identified species of wasp. Wasp have been proven to be capable of using logic. They can use two separate pieces of information to draw a conclusion.
WOLF SPIDER
Wolf spiders are quick, fast with great vision. When hunting, a wolf spider can actually run down their prey, a wolf like characteristic which its named. Wolf spiders are aggressive and can bite. These bites are not particularly venomous. Other than that the wolf spider can be big and scary. Also good insect control.