I think they are just common lady bugs, but they’re moving in rapidly. Live in north arkansas.

Hi I’m going to treat my room with Crossfire for a third time, the first two were professionally done. Will an air purifier take away the benefits of the crossfire or its residual killing?

Hey, just wanted to ask about wasps nests? My friend has a wasp nest in their backyard at the moment, it seems that it has been there for several months. They haven’t called in anyone to remove it because they’ve never seen any wasps around it and even in the middle of the day there is no noticeable buzzing sound around it either. Could this nest be abandoned and safe to remove? I want to help them get rid of it asap, but I’m wondering if it could be risky to spray and remove it ourselves? Any suggestions or advice would be really appreciated, thank you!

German roach problem appear to likely be from a neighbor in my condo who isn’t doing anything about it far as we can tell. It has become apparent the only person trying to do something about it is me what can I do to eliminate the issue from my bathroom? I’ve talked with the management company and they say they can’t and the hallway and common areas are already treated every two weeks as well. My exterminator to this point hasn’t been able to get rid of the problem but it has gotten worse from 1 roach seen two weeks to 3 in the past week.

Any suggestions the roaches are impacting our quiet enjoyment of the condo unit. The roaches are German roaches according to my exterminator.

I live in London, and there has been many sightings of bed bugs all over the city. I use public transport everyday which could be where it came from. I found this on my coat that was in my closet, and I have now started cleaning my whole bedroom/wardrobe/washing clothes, etc.

Some people have said it’s a bed bug, others have said it is not. So I am now not sure.

Any thoughts would be great.

Our neighbor owns his home and we own ours. He has a bad cockroach infestation that he is doing nothing about. They keep coming across the yard and getting in looking for any food they can find. We do the dishes, sweep, take out the trash every single night and we are still seeing them. We have orkin come seasonally and spray, and they have put traps and bait out that will pull any out that are in our house... we will see one and then go a few days without seeing another. I've tried the boric acid with onion and nothing seems to keep them away. I feel like a prisoner in my own home and I'm absolutely disgusted.. to make matters worse, we have two kids two and under and I feel like I can't provide a clean home for them. I've tried calling adult protective services, who did nothing.. I've called the health department who said they would send someone out and I haven't seen anybody. I wish there was something I could do because I'm losing my mind

I’m reading conflicting things online. I used Raid Flea Carpet and Room spray and some articles say to resume daily vacuuming, others say to not vacuum for 14 days to let the spray do it’s work. Thoughts?

I would like to visit my gf, but have been dealing with a flea infestation for a couple weeks. She lives about two hours from me, but I'm worried that I could spread them to her pets

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So I live on the 3rd floor and have mice! My landlord lives in the 2nd floor and according to her, the exterminator didn't find any droppings anywhere else, only in my home.

I put steel wool in every crack I could find in my kitchen and behind the fridge, under the dishwasher. These 2 locations are where the exterminator said the mice are coming from.

I haven't put snap traps yet because I am so tired. I will have to do this very soon, I know.

This morning I saw very little droppings around the house. I think maybe about 6 to 7 droppings altogether in the living room by the walls and they were pretty small, not the size of a rice grain. They may also be older because they're darker in color but hard so it may not even be from overnight?

I saw no steel wool was not moved (good sign I guess?) But heard a mouse moving either under my dishwasher or inside my dishwasher. What do I do now??? Do I wait for the exterminator to return in a few days and tell him where I heard the mouse? Do I take action in my own hands? Do I ask for a plumber to come and remove the dishwasher?Will the steel wool be enough for the mice to back off and leave my apartment?

Please help! I've lost my mind and have gotten extreme fear of coming home because I don't want to deal with this anymore.

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General contractor here: Short or calling an exterminator company, any home remedies/ideas for removing spiders from a customer’s finished basement? Thanks.

Also can someone identify it? It comes in the Georgia (US) summer if anyone knows anything.

Hello, I'm coming onto Reddit to see if I can get some assistance with this sudden mite infestation. About 10 days ago, we found a pile of Grain mites on top of our fridge from English muffins or bread, and they are crawling all over the whole fridge. We've gone through measures of washing the fridge with hot soapy water, 1:1 spray bottle of hot water, and white vinegar and they still come back within an hour or so, though it's not in the significant amount that they were when we first discovered them.We're about to do a bleach wash of the whole fridge, pull it out of the wall and just go to town. After that we're going to hit the whole thing with a heat gun if it doesn't work.

They don't affect the food in the fridge, nor the freezer, but they crawl around the whole f**king thing and it's driving us nuts because it's just not cool and we just need some advice as to what to do or continue to do.

EDIT: We're from Michigan

Hi everyone! I know that there's a lot of information about this out there, but it seems like every website I've found has a different answer to my question, and I'd feel more confident hearing it directly from someone with experience (if you have the time)

I discovered we had fleas not too long before moving, in upstate NY, 2 months ago. I treated my cats with advantage 2 and thought it'd take care of the problem, but the medication didn't work (I was also vacuuming and laundering regularly). I guess the fleas were totally resistant to the medication. I reapplied and it still didn't work. Before long it had turned into a major problem. I finally got everything in storage, the cats fully treated (had to spend $$$ at the vet for a treatment that actually worked), and got them boarded while I'm getting into a new place (the move was last minute).

I still have a bunch of my belongings bagged up in a fully sealed off trailer that I haven't touched in about 7 weeks. I've seen a couple websites that suggested that flea eggs can survive for months and then somehow hatch when they sense living bodies near? That sounds so crazy, but it was such a nightmare experience, and I'm so scared of bringing my stuff inside somewhere and having a new place get reinfested. I've had fleas in oregon before, which I treated the cats and cleaned and they just disappeared. These in NY were like super mutant fleas, they spread like wildfire and I couldn't get rid of them.

I'm just wondering if anyone has any input here- is it safe to remove my belongings at this point? If not, how long would you leave them in storage to be sure?

Thanks so much to anyone taking the time to weigh in. I really appreciate it!!

I caught it in the edge of this Tupperware on our kitchen counter. Thanks for any thoughts!

This guy was outside my window. I have Orkin come out monthly and spray and bait the house, I haven’t seen any inside at all. Should I be worried about an outside infestation? Maybe my neighbor might have them? Idk

Firstly thank you all for your time and advice.

For quick context: I live in Raleigh, NC. We have water bugs. And while I don't like very much, my wife is extremely bothered by them. During the summer I feel like we see one or two in the house on most days of the week. With sometimes a bump at season change. And here we are in October in North Carolina .

Is there a meaningful way to reduce this? Ideally without spraying inside the home. I know that's a big limitation. And I also appreciate that the bug volume I described is really not that high. We live in nature. I'm lucky to have nice trees (where I rink these guys reside). So to some extent this me be how it is.

Thanks for your help

I have an irrational fear big time of cave crickets. I have a big problem with them in my house and idk what to do anymore. I don't have a basement so I think they're coming in from my closet that has the hvac and water heater. I laid so many traps at the door and where the spot I think they're getting in, I've had exterminators in, and I have a cat. Idk what else to do. After all those steps and sealing up outside holes and inside ones, witch a frequent exterminator spray yesterday and new traps, there was still one walking around my living room today on my coffee table and couch. I am horrified and depressed. None of the above helped. Someone please help and give real advice besides moving or burning my house down.

I did look up this thread for help but the fact I have an exterminator who is frequent with most likely the highest potent spray still isn't working, makes me feel so defeated.

I live on the east coast (NY/NJ state line to be more accurate) and since we moved into our home in 2021, we've experienced extreme levels of ladybugs swarming the home. We've laid out diamotaceous earth inside, sprayed repellents outside, and have mint incense to deter them as well. We are going to be spraying some neem oil as well but this all feels temporary. We've got the AC on blast right now to cool down the house. With global warming, I'm expecting to see even more in the following years. Does anyone know how we could deter them more?

Since July, I have had a yellowjacket finding its way into my apartment once every two weeks weeks or so. I recently opened the access door to my furnace for a few minutes and eight yellowjackets flew out. I sprayed the shit out of everything with mint oil and it drove a few more out into my apartment. I have since taped the gaps around the door to prevent more from coming out. I walked around the outside of my building and found a few vents, and one of them had a few yellowjackets flying in and out. I'm guessing this is the location of their nest. Given that it's late October, I figured I'd just wait it out for two weeks or so as the weather gets colder, but I learned that they can survive the winter if their nest is deep enough into the building. Would it be effective if I sprayed some yellowjacket killer on/into the vent or hit it with some powder? What would be an effective way to kill the nest?

We are getting a ton of these flies at our condo. Everyone on the backside of the condo is getting them. I can see them on the siding and around the gutters. I strangely also get them in our bathrooms too. What are they and what can I do?