[Pests at Baltic Sea coast. II. Summary of most important groups on insects besides Coleoptera and Diptera].
In the special holiday situations at the Baltic coast of GDR, species of very different insect groups may become annoying to man. Own experiences in this field are reported (excepting Coleoptera and Diptera). The earwig, Forficula auricularia, has many varying aspects of a health pest (also in the respect of social hygiene). This species, too, may pinch painfully with his pincers. The lice species Pediculus capitis and Pthirus pubis are met with sometimes. Limothrips cerealium may be annoying not only when swarming in mass, but also individual specimens (crawling on the skin or piercing it). Ants may be a pest in varying manners. A special example of this is if they invade sand castles [sun bathing places on the beaches surrounded by sand walls]. Wasps are attracted by different ways to childrens' holiday camps. In 1973, they were even aggressive on the beach of Hiddensee. Caterpillars of Thaumatopaea pinivora may become a serious health pest in individual cases. The real cause is not always detected by laymen. Fleas occur more or less regularly. Sometimes they are incorrectly diagnosed or reported.
D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants; D005859:Germany, East; D006294:Health Resorts; D006693:Holidays; D007313:Insecta; D007915:Lepidoptera; D008003:Phthiraptera; D005423:Siphonaptera; D014863:Wasps
Lästlinge der Ostseeküste. II. Kurze Ubersicht der wichtigsten Insektengruppen ausser Coleopteren und Dipteren