Jaime Gonzalez: 6 books

A Crash Course on How to Get Rid of Grubs A larva (Latin; plural larvae) or grub is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle....

A Crash Course on How to Get Rid of Hornets Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps; some species can reach up to 5.5 cm (2.2 in) in length. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa and are distinguished from other vespines by the width of the vertex (part of the head behind the eyes), which...

A Crash Course on How to Get Rid of Gnats A gnat (play /ˈnæt/) is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the Dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. Male gnats often assemble in large mating swarms or ghosts,...

A Crash Course on How to Get Rid of House Flies The housefly (also house fly, house-fly or common housefly), Musca domestica, is a fly of the Cyclorrhapha suborder. It is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about 90% of all flies in human habitations, and indeed one of...

A Crash Course on How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies Drosophilidae is a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, including the genus Drosophila, which includes fruit flies. The best known species is Drosophila melanogaster, which is used extensively for studies concerning genetics, development,...

A Crash Course on How to Get Rid of Flies True flies are insects of the order Diptera (di = two, and ptera = wings). They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax. The presence of a single pair of wings distinguishes...