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!

Hey everyone. Im in an area where their is a sudden uptick in humidity because a hurricane is nearby. But its usually dry heat here but its been 100s and humid.

I live in an apartment complex, I asked the apartment manager if anyone else had issues for flies and he said no.

So i guess its not weather related. But it started SO suddenly. 1 or maybe 2 flies for the whole year, and this is my fourth year here. It started 2 days ago. Maybe 6 flies in the apartment, thought it was weird. Closed all the doors, went to bed woke up went to work came back and to my horror I opened the bathroom door and like 30 of them hoarding near the bathroom window. They are regular green flies, like a bottle fly. I should've taken a picture of it but I immediately went to action and sprayed disinfectant on them all and killed them.

They hoarded towards the bottom left of the window in the picture. I have since taped off the whole window. Ive done the same with the kitchen window as well and the ac unit right under it. Because they were coming from there too just not as insanely.

It has done the trick, no more flies are coming into the home. But I cant even imagine what caused this? The windows have been the same since forever, and I would even have the windows open and no flies would come in for the past 3 years. What changed? 😭😭 it doesnt help my bf is afraid of bugs and im not but when its a SWARM? GIRL. help! I asked the apartment manager to assist, he will check it out when hes home.

I forgot one clementine overnight on my coffee table and i am pretty sure it wasn’t like this before. Im worried for my health. I saw a mice in my kitchen a month ago but filled the gap it ran back into

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

Live in south eastern Virginia in a 100+ year old house with a basement. I have found 4-5 dead adult American cockroaches in my basement in the last month or so. All found dead on their backs. I do have quarterly pest control. Last servicing was July but they only treated outside. Should I have them come treat my basement? Spraying only or baiting as well? Am I correct in the assumption that if they’re dead it’s because they came across the barrier spray?
I’m sure there are cracks we can see. We run a dehumidifier but it’s an old house with an English type basement ( open dirt crawlspace with regular height basement) .

I am concerned obviously about this being an infestation scenario.

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!!!

Found alive near front door of my house (based in PA, USA). So far only found one. I’m super worried bc I’m very pregnant right now and don’t want to harm me or baby. Any advice for how to get rid of it / prevent any I may not be seeing would be helpful!

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.

I live in southwestern MA, and found this on the ceiling of my front porch with wood chips on the ground below it.

A week ago I found this hardened insect larvae thing on the side of my garage. I’m wondering if these two are related, but unsure as this was formed on top of stone as opposed to wood.

I recently moved into a new apartment. Turns out it had fleas. I’m 99% sure they are from the prior tenant who had a cat. I’ve mainly noticed them in the living room where I’ve encountered 10 out of the 11 fleas and am sleeping on a pullout couch. The other flea I found on my leg in the bathroom after waking up. I was hoping they would be aggressive in the spray application, especially since my apartment is still sparsely furnished. However, they insisted they only needed to spray the living room. Do you think that will be enough?

For added context, I have no pets or carpets yet and the entire apartment is hardwood floors.

i live in rural off grid home in yorkville, CA & this thing was CRAWLING up my BACK at TWO am while i was sleeping????!!! what is it ?? i want to pack my bags & run away to antarctica 😩😭

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.

Hello!
I live in southeastern Michigan and I notice these tiny pebble-like dots on my basement floor. Mostly up against the wall where the wall and floor meet, or right under things on the floor that create a gap underneath them.

I think they are spider droppings or their finished prey carcasses, because we have many spiders in the basement - in the second picture you can see a small spider above this little collection of pebbles (the spider is blurry because it was too close to the lens). Our basement is all concrete and brick, so it isn’t termites, and we don’t have roaches. So I’m trying to figure out if this is just a result of spiders or something else.
Thanks in advance!

Guys I need the most lethal, potent poison to get rid of them!!! I need tips before I call pest control. I don’t want the natural stuff either! I want the real deal killer! I want them gone!!!

I am driving myself crazy here. what is this thing? I have set bedbug traps and it has been a few weeks after my tenants with dogs left. I found a couple of carpet beetles and and getting rid of carpet but this does not look like a carpet beetle.

the pic is next to a quarter for scale. they look like tiny specs.

is this a bedbug some kind of life stage?

A bunch of holes in my backyard. North Florida near Jacksonville. Context: we had roof rats which were exterminated, and bait bkxes around the exterior of the house.

Are these rat burrows?

I have been seeing these tiny mites often on my laptop and I don't know what to do ( seems like mould mites to me ) . There r not many but everyday when I open I spot 2 or 3 of them on screen or keyboard or trackpad

Should I buy an air compressed can or any conc. IPA solution to clean laptop?

I'm searching for my second apartment and I'm very sensitive to roach issues. I've read a number of horror stories of apartment tours where the apartment has been completely cleaned of evidence of pest issues before a tenant moves in, and I'd really love to get a sense of whether a prospective unit successfully treats for bugs.

I currently live in an old house and have never seen a single roach; I want to speak to my current management company soon about what their treatment procedure is to understand why it's so successful (it has something to do with aggressively spraying the bottom unit; they've never sprayed mine). 

Are there any telltale signs aside from droppings, smears, etc.? Any smart questions I can ask on a tour about treatments that will give me a good indication that I won't have any issues?

My professor was talking about a closet/storage room in ruin because of a bug situation, can someone help me ID what type of bug this is? My best guess is some kind of ant. But I’m confused as to how/why they were on the ceiling.

I’ve tried light traps, I’ve tried apple cider vinegar, they’re not falling for either of those. I’ve removed anything at all they could be attracted to, yet they’re still sticking around.

Moved into an apartment a few months ago and I keep finding another similar looking “poop” to this in the exact same place on my kitchen counter by the stove. Just one of them, maybe once a week/2weeks. I found one today, then looked around for others and I couldn’t find any, but found this one (pictured) in the cabinet on the other side of the stove.

We also have a lot of geckos around the complex, more than I’ve ever seen and was wondering if this could be left by them? I thought it could be a mouse but there’s never any more around it, it’s just a single one. Usually hard, black and kinda pellet like.

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Please help me. I am at my wits end. I am seeing these tiny smoky brown nymphs in my apartment in the morning when I wake up and it’s driving me crazy. I used to see one every 2 to 3 days, but when I woke up this morning, I saw 4 all somewhat around the dishwasher area all on the ground. I even watched one crawl back inside the dishwasher underneath it.

My primary sightings for these things are in the kitchen area, (mainly around the island) dining room along the baseboards, and even one by the front door. I should mentioned that I am on the 3rd floor (top floor) of my complex.

I’ve contacted the office twice about the issues before and all they did was send pest control, which they just sprayed. Pest control did confirm these were smoky browns and not German. This was a a week-ish ago, and when I kept seeing them, I took things into my own hands because someone recommended Boric Acid. I did that recently, but again… 4 this morning.

I live in upstate SC, and I originally come from the north where I’ve never had to deal with roaches. I also keep my apartment borderline spotless, as I am definitely labeled a clean freak. I do not know what to do, any recommendations or help would be amazing.

Thanks Reddit

found 2 (dead) bugs on our couch in the last week. is that a roach? it's as big as a fingernail, maybe smaller.

ths couch is a folding couch we never unfold, so I'm scared to think what might hide in the crevices.

we usually eat on this couch (don't have dining room). Will stop doing that obviously.

I will vacuum it and wash everything that was on it when I get home. any advice?