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Rodent control, as part of a construction project, is often overlooked. Resulting in affecting the adjacent neighborhoods and posing a threat to the health of the construction workers due to displacement of the colonizing rodents.

When new structures are completed with inherent rodent infestation because of inadequate rodent control and sanitization, it leaves the owners with critical problem from the very start. At times, rodent control may be included in a project, but most of the time it is overlooked, which should never be the case. The goal is to resolve

Facts, Identification & Control

Latin Name: Psychodidae

Appendages: These flies have six legs and a pair of wings and antennae.
Body: Light gray or tan body and lighter-colored wings. The body and the wings are covered with long hairs, giving the fly a fuzzy appearance.
Characteristics: When at rest, the drain fly folds its wings over the body in a characteristic roof-like manner.
Size: Drain flies measure about 1.5 to 5 mm long.
Larvae: Drain fly larvae are not longer than 4 to 10 mm when fully mature and they are slender with a dark strip on the “back” or dorsal area.