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American Cockroach
A large, reddish-brown cockroach that lives mostly in warm, damp places like sewers, drains, and basements, wandering indoors in search of food, water, or shelter from harsh weather.Argentine Ant
A tiny dull-brown invasive ant that forms enormous multi-queen "supercolonies" and follows long indoor trails to sweets and water, especially when the weather turns wet or hot and dry.Black Carpenter Ant
A large, dull-black ant that nests in moist or decaying wood, tunneling galleries to build its colony rather than eating the wood like a termite.Cigarette Beetle
A tiny, humpbacked, reddish-brown beetle that infests a wide range of dried stored goods, from spices and pet food to tobacco, tunneling through the product as a larva and flying toward light as an adult.Drain Fly
A small, fuzzy moth-like fly whose larvae develop in the organic film inside drains, sewers, and standing water; the adult is a harmless nuisance and the larva is a beneficial decomposer.Drugstore Beetle
A tiny, humpbacked reddish-brown beetle that infests stored dry foods, spices, and even non-food goods, with larvae tunneling through the substrate to feed on almost anything dry in a pantry, kitchen, or warehouse.European Earwig
A reddish-brown, nocturnal insect best known for the pincer-like forceps at the tip of its abdomen; it shelters in damp, dark spots by day and sometimes wanders into homes in large numbers.Fruit Fly
A tiny tan-to-brown fly with red eyes that breeds in overripe, fermenting, or damaged fruit and the moist residue in drains, found around kitchen counters and trash.German Cockroach
A small indoor cockroach found worldwide in association with humans, living near food, water, and warmth in kitchens, bathrooms, restaurants, and food-storage areas.House Cricket
A light yellowish-brown cricket with three dark bands across its head that lives outdoors in warm weather and moves into buildings when it turns cool, best known for the male's chirping and for being raised as fishing bait and pet food.House Fly
A gray, four-striped filth fly that breeds in manure, garbage, and decaying matter and contaminates food and surfaces by carrying germs on its body and in its saliva and droppings.House Mouse
A small, gray-brown commensal rodent that lives in close association with people, nesting in walls, appliances, and stored goods, and known for droppings, gnaw marks, and a musky odor.Indianmeal Moth
A small, two-tone moth whose caterpillars infest stored dry foods such as grain products, cereal, dried fruit, nuts, pet food, and birdseed, leaving telltale silk webbing behind in the package.Little Black Ant
A tiny, shiny jet-black ant native to North America that nests in soil and inside structures, follows visible foraging trails indoors, and turns up in kitchens and pantries hunting for food and a little moisture.Odorous House Ant
A tiny brown-to-black household ant that gives off a sharp, rotten-coconut smell when crushed and trails indoors after sweets, especially in damp weather.Pavement Ant
A small dark-brown to black ant that nests in soil along cracks in sidewalks, driveways, and foundations and wanders indoors after crumbs, sweets, and grease.Pharaoh Ant
A tiny pale-yellow to reddish-brown ant that nests in warm, hidden voids inside heated buildings, forms sprawling multi-queen colonies, and is both the hardest household ant to control and a documented contamination concern in hospitals.Red Flour Beetle
A tiny, shiny reddish-brown beetle that infests flour, cereal, and other dried, finely ground foods in pantries, mills, and warehouses, contaminating far more than it eats.Rice Weevil
A tiny reddish-brown snout beetle whose grubs develop hidden inside whole grain kernels, making it one of the most damaging pests of stored grain, flour, birdseed, and pantry staples worldwide.Sawtoothed Grain Beetle
A tiny, very flat brown beetle with saw-like teeth along the sides of its thorax that infests stored cereals, pasta, dried fruit, and other pantry foods in homes, groceries, and grain stores worldwide.Springtail
A tiny, wingless soil arthropod, smaller than a grain of rice, that jumps with a spring-loaded fork under its body and shows up indoors in damp spots like bathrooms, basements, and overwatered houseplants.
A large, reddish-brown cockroach that lives mostly in warm, damp places like sewers, drains, and basements, wandering indoors in search of food, water, or shelter from harsh weather.Argentine Ant
A tiny dull-brown invasive ant that forms enormous multi-queen "supercolonies" and follows long indoor trails to sweets and water, especially when the weather turns wet or hot and dry.Black Carpenter Ant
A large, dull-black ant that nests in moist or decaying wood, tunneling galleries to build its colony rather than eating the wood like a termite.Cigarette Beetle
A tiny, humpbacked, reddish-brown beetle that infests a wide range of dried stored goods, from spices and pet food to tobacco, tunneling through the product as a larva and flying toward light as an adult.Drain Fly
A small, fuzzy moth-like fly whose larvae develop in the organic film inside drains, sewers, and standing water; the adult is a harmless nuisance and the larva is a beneficial decomposer.Drugstore Beetle
A tiny, humpbacked reddish-brown beetle that infests stored dry foods, spices, and even non-food goods, with larvae tunneling through the substrate to feed on almost anything dry in a pantry, kitchen, or warehouse.European Earwig
A reddish-brown, nocturnal insect best known for the pincer-like forceps at the tip of its abdomen; it shelters in damp, dark spots by day and sometimes wanders into homes in large numbers.Fruit Fly
A tiny tan-to-brown fly with red eyes that breeds in overripe, fermenting, or damaged fruit and the moist residue in drains, found around kitchen counters and trash.German Cockroach
A small indoor cockroach found worldwide in association with humans, living near food, water, and warmth in kitchens, bathrooms, restaurants, and food-storage areas.House Cricket
A light yellowish-brown cricket with three dark bands across its head that lives outdoors in warm weather and moves into buildings when it turns cool, best known for the male's chirping and for being raised as fishing bait and pet food.House Fly
A gray, four-striped filth fly that breeds in manure, garbage, and decaying matter and contaminates food and surfaces by carrying germs on its body and in its saliva and droppings.House Mouse
A small, gray-brown commensal rodent that lives in close association with people, nesting in walls, appliances, and stored goods, and known for droppings, gnaw marks, and a musky odor.Indianmeal Moth
A small, two-tone moth whose caterpillars infest stored dry foods such as grain products, cereal, dried fruit, nuts, pet food, and birdseed, leaving telltale silk webbing behind in the package.Little Black Ant
A tiny, shiny jet-black ant native to North America that nests in soil and inside structures, follows visible foraging trails indoors, and turns up in kitchens and pantries hunting for food and a little moisture.Odorous House Ant
A tiny brown-to-black household ant that gives off a sharp, rotten-coconut smell when crushed and trails indoors after sweets, especially in damp weather.Pavement Ant
A small dark-brown to black ant that nests in soil along cracks in sidewalks, driveways, and foundations and wanders indoors after crumbs, sweets, and grease.Pharaoh Ant
A tiny pale-yellow to reddish-brown ant that nests in warm, hidden voids inside heated buildings, forms sprawling multi-queen colonies, and is both the hardest household ant to control and a documented contamination concern in hospitals.Red Flour Beetle
A tiny, shiny reddish-brown beetle that infests flour, cereal, and other dried, finely ground foods in pantries, mills, and warehouses, contaminating far more than it eats.Rice Weevil
A tiny reddish-brown snout beetle whose grubs develop hidden inside whole grain kernels, making it one of the most damaging pests of stored grain, flour, birdseed, and pantry staples worldwide.Sawtoothed Grain Beetle
A tiny, very flat brown beetle with saw-like teeth along the sides of its thorax that infests stored cereals, pasta, dried fruit, and other pantry foods in homes, groceries, and grain stores worldwide.Springtail
A tiny, wingless soil arthropod, smaller than a grain of rice, that jumps with a spring-loaded fork under its body and shows up indoors in damp spots like bathrooms, basements, and overwatered houseplants.