. Control of household insects and related pests. Household pests; Insect pests. Common Field Cricket, Acheta assimilis (Fabr.) The common field crickets, Acheta as- similis (Fabr.), are large, brown to black, swift-moving insects with long feelers. They breed outdoors but some- times migrate into houses, where they feed on fabrics, particularly those soiled or food-stained; they are attracted to lights and may collect in large numbers. WHAT TO DO: Apply dusts containing 2 per cent chlordane, per cent dieldrin or a sorptive dust (page 5), or sprays that contain chlordane, dieldrin, pyrethr
. Control of household insects and related pests. Household pests; Insect pests. Common Field Cricket, Acheta assimilis (Fabr.) The common field crickets, Acheta as- similis (Fabr.), are large, brown to black, swift-moving insects with long feelers. They breed outdoors but some- times migrate into houses, where they feed on fabrics, particularly those soiled or food-stained; they are attracted to lights and may collect in large numbers. WHAT TO DO: Apply dusts containing 2 per cent chlordane, per cent dieldrin or a sorptive dust (page 5), or sprays that contain chlordane, dieldrin, pyrethrum, malathion, or combinations of these ma- terials, to hiding places and to floors along the baseboards. Household aerosol bombs of the type designed for wetting the treated surface, or household spray materials that contain a combination of some of the above insecticides, can also be used effectively. If a dust is used and there is no danger of contaminating food- stuffs, blow it into cracks and other hid- ing places; apply it across door sills and along foundations to kill many of the pests before they enter the house. Pyrethrum-sodium fluoride or pyreth- rum-sodium fluosilicate are also effective, but must be used with great caution. Where crickets are extremely abun- dant, poison baits or applications of sprays or dusts containing 10 per cent chlordane or per cent dieldrin or granular heptachlor may be used outside the home to destroy the pests. These ma- terials should be scattered about the foundation of the house and throughout the garden. FLEAS. Size, adult: Flea, Nosopsyllus fasciatus (Bosc.) Adult fleas are small, dark reddish-brown insects with legs well developed for jump- ing. The flea not only causes itching and swelling by its bite, but some species act as carriers of plague, endemic typhus, tularemia, or other diseases and para- sites of man. Fleas commonly found on dogs, cats, and house rodents, will frequently feed on man, particularly if the pets or ro-
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