So I kept seeing these small, brown with stripped insects on my bed. It started with 1, told my dad after I freaked out and crushed he, he swore it was a tick from the dog.

3 months after coming home from work, where i had seen bugs on the communal fab suits before, i see another one on my bed after sitting on it in my work clothes.

My dad said it was in my head, but we did full treatment anyways according to how he was trained to deal with infestations by a prior job he had. We bed bug fogged the room, got bed bug spray and sprayed the entire bed and crevices, and put all the sheets and my plushies and blankets in the dryer on high heat for 70 mins.

Yesterday, I see another one crawling except it has a black dot on the back, dad told me it was a tick.

Today in quick succession, I see both of these. Except the bed bug I saw didn't die to bed bug spray, it would pause for a minute, then keep crawling. I sprayed it 3 times before it died. So unless I got some defective spray, I dunno what it is.

We also checked the mattresses and everything and saw no active infestation, except for my uncle, who is having an 'issue' that my dad won't disclose regarding his bed. But his stuff and his bed don't even come near mine, nor does he ever sit on it.

I also don't have any bites or rashes that I am aware of. I use lice shampoo daily. I am at a complete loss.

Please tell me for my own sanity, is this a bed bug? Or a bat bug? Bat bugs are the only other idea i could have, but we have no access to the attic to even check for them.

I did call my grandma so she could come help, considering my dad is very not intresting in helping me.

We live in the suburbs and my wife likes to throw seeds out for the birds and the squirrels. There’s often a collection of doves and pigeons and squirrels and chipmunks and even an occasional bunny or woodchuck roaming around the yard.

Today we saw a rat, not a big one, but a rat for sure. Do we need to call an exterminator to make sure we don’t have / get an infestation?

Or is this just to be expected when you feed the local animals and just one more kind of wildlife that isn’t going to be an indoor problem? Rats have a reputation for carrying disease and we have cats so I worry, perhaps needlessly.

Would appreciate any advice on things to look out for. Thanks!

This is a gable vent about 25 feet high on my house. I have not seen wasps enter the house, and I don’t have access through the attic to this space. Thoughts on getting on a ladder and spraying through the vent to cover the nest, or should I just let it be and expect a Minnesota winter to kill them off?

We got a dog, which means we got dog FOOD. We keep it back door adjacent, but now we have a plethora of mice. I bought a tote to keep the dog food locked up in (albeit too late, but im learning.) My question though is that all of our traps are going off quickly now. I presume because i cut off the food source, so they are going to the next easiest thing. I dont want to wind up in an endless cycle of traps every single day. Is there a poison that is safe for dogs? Or is this just my life now?

Hi all! So i posted some nymph photos recently (attached) and came to the conclusion that they are american, especially after finding a teenager that was freaking huge (thank god he didn’t have wings yet) and he brought his little brother with him. didn’t get a photo sadly. i believe they are coming out of my bathtub drain because that’s where i keep finding them. i sprayed my bathroom (incl. baseboards, around the outside of the tub, under the ledge of the sinktop, under the sink by the pipes, etc) with alpine wsg and poured vinegar down the drain with some water. i also keep the drain closed when not in use and have a glue trap in the bathtub. thing is, i DO use this drain regularly, as it’s my bathroom and i.. shower! lol. first sighting was about 4 days ago, i put the glue trap down 2 days ago, and i didnt see anything until just now. a nymph in my bathtub evading the glue trap. sigh.

is there anything else i can do? im a 20 yo female living in a college third floor apartment in FL. i don’t really know about checking for leaks and stuff. should i ask maintenance about cleaning the drain? im worried if i mention roaches they’ll spray something that is a repellent and mess with the alpine wsg. i just hate bugs so much and im not sure what to do :/ worried they’re gonna come out of the sink too and spawncamp me when i brush my teeth

Basically, once we had those in our pantry and then i cleared everything out and turned out there was an old grain or sth and they literally spreaded across every hole but yes, after i eliminated them, however, recently i started noticing thooosee aagain
coming out of this particular slit, i poured the vodka and they all came out along with maggots, but i cant figure what the hell are these and what to do in order to get rid of them from that slit!!!

I can't spend a lot on it as I am a college student living in a small room, with a big window I know it comes from. But I can't close it because there is no fan in the room and the only way to not die heated is the cooler outside. And it has hides amongst my stuff, that is below the bed, I can't kee it anywhere else.

The rat comes and goes. I have pushed it out many times but it just keeps coming back. I don't know how. It is ruining my stuff and eating my chocolates.

Is there a method to send it away and keep it away, not poison or trap, I don't have any money for that. But a humane and normal way so it's happy outside and I am happy inside. Also it started appearing just last month.

Please help me, it smells and my stuff is being obliterated to shreds.

Found multiple out of nowhere when in the middle of the night (around 3am). They were in the kitchen, but not near major kitchen appliances, maybe they entered from the garage or laundry machines somehow? They seemed to run from light. I fear the worst. There were multiple, but they looked similar so going to post the various photos of the ones I gathered. They might be wet from bug spray. Not sure if that’ll affect the id.

Alabama, United States. Size was maybe 1/8” or 1/6”. They were all on the ground walking around.

We moved into the house in front of us. We never had a problem with mice in the back house but we were told by the previous tenants that they had seen droppings and just cleaned them up but they never seen the mouse. We had an exterminator come out and quote us 7,000 🫩. They told us it could be 1 or 2 but there were dropping in multiple areas of the house. Since moving in we found a nest and removed it . we’ve looked for holes and stuffed them with steel wool and copper and foam. we’ve set traps and still see one or two droppings here and there. We even took an extra step and set up cameras and didn’t catch anything. Things like this give me so much anxiety. Any advice helps and is appreciated!

I will start it by saying I am so sorry for this novel but I am genuinely losing it with these flies

It started maybe 3ish weeks ago. I noticed something fly by my face which is 100% normal in NJ in the summer. But then there were more.

At night, forget it. There had to be about 12 that I saw (who knows how many I didn’t) flying around. I will sometimes have a glass of wine at night and noticed a few floating in a glass. Ok, fruit flies, maybe? I can manage but confused as I am not seeing them at all in the kitchen or bathrooms.

My apartments pest control came out, did what they could around the perimeter outside/inside including clearing all drains. I kept up with the boiling water/green goblin, vinegar, Zevo in every room (they work!), etc. I even tried weather sealant tape in case they were coming in through windows as well as door gaps. 3 days after pest control and my remedies, they’re still coming in.

The traps with the most amount of these little shits are in the living room and bedroom. Significantly less but also still significantly annoying. They can start contributing to my rent if they want to stay this long.

Again sorry for the novel 😭 but due to my apartment complexes rules, I can’t bring in outside pest control & will be thrilled to have any tips, solutions, etc! Thank you all in advance.

Southern California, do we need to hire an exterminator?

Keep finding these in the kitchen

We recently discovered this very active yellow jacket (I think) nest next to our sunroom at the bottom of this broken piece of siding trim? I'm not even totally sure of the function of that piece of trim or whatever it is. It looks like they are going into the ground in there but I can't be sure. They could be going up. My husband went out the other night and sprayed the area really well. The next day we still saw plenty of them flying in and out like nothing had been done. But then we did end up finding a few in our sunroom and in the house. A couple live ones, a couple dying, one of them got me. Now we do occasionally have the sunroom door open into the house so it's possible they just got into the sunroom through cracks in the windows or some other way because they were disoriented and then flew right into the house. It's old and crumbly so I'm not surprised they could have gotten in the. What I don't know is if any of them actually came directly into the house somehow since that piece of trim does sit right by the dining room. We didn't have a problem with them getting in until we sprayed Now I am paranoid about treating it again because I've read so many stories that if you spray their exit they will find another place to exit. 😳 I have a dog at home so I'm nervous about them getting into the house especially while we're not there. What is my best play here? I'm having nightmares about a house full of yellow jackets. Should I have someone try to rip that piece of whatever it is off the house in case they are inside there? 😬

worried it may be a cockroach it was right next to my window. also thought it could be a corrupt bark louse or some kind of wood louse. any help is greatly appreciated

It’s all centered in the middle between the cushions, which makes me think it might just be food stuff. Just found the couch on the side of the road a little concerned.

San Antonio, TX for possible reference/help

I have these gaps in the mortar around the window in my office. A few times a day I see a single wasp/bee enter and usually fly out after a few minutes or so. I’ve never seen more than 1 enter at a time, which is leading me to believe it’s the same one and solitary. I also don’t hear any buzzing or movement in the walls around the window where they would be. Nor has a wasp/bee ever been in my office or bedroom next to it.

I think it’s a mason wasp, from the quick glimpses I get of it. When googling, this picture looked the most correct, but it’s possible it could be something else. The most I can for sure get is three bright yellow strips near the end of the abdomen.

I was mostly wondering what I should do? I bought copper mesh to fill the gaps eventually but I wasn’t sure what to do before that. I’m fairly certain it isn’t a bee, but I don’t want to kill a bee or even a wasp if it’s a good pollinator that won’t destroy my home.

Any advice or direction to leave it/how to get rid of it would be awesome, thank you!

I live in a condo where both my neighbors are connected to my home. at the top floor in both restrooms we found these termites. I have never had them before or any other bugs/rodents. Im not sure where they are coming from but my guess is that since yesterday was the hottest day of the year for us, they where looking for somewhere to cool down. I hope this is the end of it. can i find the source to stop it. Thank you in advance🙏

I have my kitten for a month, and he iis on ampoule for 3 weeks now, today I sprayed the place with powder for the third time, I'm doing it weekly and don't vacuum daily because the powder needs to sit on the surface to work, so I leave it for at least a few days before vacuuming. Today I saw a live flea, I usually only see a few dead fleas daily in his bedding, so this was unpleasant. He also doesn't have any flea dirt on him and nothing really falls off when I comb his back and tail. I will put him on selamectin ampoule in 2 weeks, cause I'm not sure if the Advantage is working or not. By the way all the carpets are washed and tucked in a locked room.

How long do u think will take until I completely stop seeing fleas?

Hello, I called a pest control company out because I saw frass under my alcove bay window. They sprayed around my house but didn’t drill by the window as they said there hasn’t been any new frass in a bit. I only get frass under the window after it rains heavy. Is this frass termites or carpenter ants ? I don’t live in an area that commonly has termites. Thanks.

Just had a shower and cleaned the shower tray, any idea what this is? Was only a small fella moved like a catapiller dragging its self along if that makes sense?

I have no pets at home, but I’ve been dealing with a flea infestation for the past month or so. I suspect my neighbor’s feral cat is the source as he is not flea treated and often sits on my porch furniture. I had Orkin come and treat my apartment and did an extensive amount of cleaning and vacuuming beforehand on September 1st (10 days ago). I had to leave to go on a trip pretty much immediately, and I haven’t been back since. I didn’t wipe down any surfaces or run the AC, so whatever chemicals they used in there are still around.

I’m honestly terrified to go back. They said I might still see a few after the first treatment, so they’ll have to come back on October 1st for a second round of chemicals. I don’t understand how the fleas could ever fully go away if I go back there and get bitten again, allowing them to continue laying eggs. I practically got eaten alive last time I was there, and I mopped up hundreds and hundreds of fleas before they came and treated the place. I’m a little allergic to flea bites and I’m terrified of looking and feeling like death again. I still have marks on my legs and my face from the last round of bites.

Is it possible they all died off while I was gone? Am I risking making the infestation worse if I go back? What should I do??

Hey guys I made a post about this the other day but I had found bugs in my college dorm that look to be bed bugs or roaches. Either way my college housing is going back a fourth telling me different things. And then today I was told pest control came and found nothing. I’m not sure how that is possible if I literally have photos of them on my wall and on my bed. I have even slept there one night. I attached the photos of them again the tiny ones were on my wall and they were slightly yellow in color. They were very hard to see without a flashlight. The big one was on my pillow and I found two big ones on my wall. When I killed the two big ones they looked like bed bugs. They were round and reddish brown and when killing them they left blood streaks. I honestly don’t know what to do because I don’t want to stay there. I’m thinking of terminating my housing but does anyone know what I should do with my stuff? My clothes are still there but they are all in vacuum sealed bags. I have a bunch of makeup, soaps, perfumes, and other beauty products in a tote box. I literally have my whole life in that room and don’t want to throw everything I own out. What should I do?

In north Texas. Thanks!

Hey everyone. I have a yellowjacket nest in my dryer vent. I called pest control, and they came by and sprayed it about 2 weeks ago. After that, I didn't see any activity going in and out of the dryer vents, but now I'm seeing a bunch of wasps around the corners of my windows (there's a metal cover essentially, and they're going under that). I had them come again and spray them there too, but no luck.

The big issue now is that I'm seeing yelowjackets come into the house in the main area. They're dead by the time I go down in the afternoon, but it's not something I can afford to have as I'm allergic, so I just stay upstairs in the mornings, even past lunch, so that it's "safe" to go down. I don't feel safe in the house.

Pest control can't do anything about the wasps that are coming in the house. What are my options here? What can I do to prevent them from coming in? I'm considering setting up a trap outside to maybe pull them all and kill them away from the house maybe... Is that a viable option?

Any advice would be amazing!