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Close-up view of a flea facing forward, showing body shape and legs

Long-legged cellar spider viewed from the front, showing thin legs and small body

Wasp viewed head-on with wings extended

Mouse shown from the front, illustrating common rodent features

Boxelder bug viewed from the front, commonly found indoors during seasonal changes

Eastern subterranean termite viewed from the side, showing pale body and amber head

Mole shown from the front, highlighting snout and digging adaptations

PEST DIRECTORY

From ants in the kitchen to rodents in the attic, every pest behaves differently.

Explore the most common pests in our area, how they enter your home, and what it takes to eliminate them effectively.

Pests Database

Common House Fly

The familiar household fly drawn to food and garbage.

Dark reddish millipede with a segmented cylindrical body and numerous legs.

Cherry Coke Millipeded

A reddish-brown millipede commonly found outdoors that sometimes enters homes in large numbers after heavy rain.

Large centipede with a bright red head and long segmented body with many legs.

Giant Red-headed Centipede

Large venomous centipedes found in homes, especially in damp basements, garages, and crawl spaces.

Small dark brown jumping insect with a flattened body that feeds on human blood.

Human Flea

Feeds on people, but usually isn’t the main culprit indoors.

Tiny bright red mite with a round body known for causing itchy bites on humans and animals.

Chigger

An outdoor mite whose bites show up long after the walk is over.

Very small reddish mite with long front legs commonly found on exterior walls and windows.

Clover Mite

Tiny, red, and determined to appear on the sunniest window.

Small wingless insect with a silvery teardrop-shaped body and long antennae.

Silverfish

Moisture-loving insects with a taste for paper and fabric.

Small olive-brown weevil with a long snout and compact oval body commonly found on alfalfa plants.

Alfalfa Weevil

A plant-feeding insect that occasionally moves indoors from nearby vegetation.

Small brown spider with long legs commonly found indoors building irregular webs.

House Spiders

Settle in quietly wherever insects are already active.

Pale spider with a small body and extremely long thin legs often found in basements and ceilings.

Cellar Spiders

Long-legged, slow-moving, and quietly eating other bugs for you.

Small dark brown ant known for emitting a strong odor when crushed.

Odorous House Ant

Small ants best known for the smell they leave behind.

Small dark brown ant commonly nesting in cracks of sidewalks and pavement.

Pavement Ant

Common sidewalk ants that occasionally wander inside.

Large black ant with a segmented body and strong mandibles known for nesting in wood.

Carpenter Ant

Moves into wood that already has problems—never the cause, always the opportunist.

Tiny yellow-tan ant that forms large indoor colonies.

Pharaoh Ant

Tiny, persistent, and unimpressed by surface treatments.

Large black and yellow bee resembling a bumblebee that nests by tunneling into wood.

Eastern Carpenter Bee

Drills neat round holes and then leaves sawdust behind as evidence.

Small light brown cockroach with two dark stripes behind the head commonly found indoors.

German Cockroach

A fast-reproducing indoor roach that doesn’t waste time.

Large reddish-brown cockroach with long antennae and a flattened oval body commonly found in warm indoor environments.

American Cockroach

Large, bold, and usually tied to moisture—not your housekeeping.

Dark brown to black cockroach with a shiny body commonly found in damp environments.

Oriental Cockroach

A moisture-loving roach that prefers basements and drains.

Small light brown cockroach with pale bands across its wings and abdomen commonly found indoors.

Brown-Banded Cockroach

A smaller roach that skips the basement and heads upstairs.

Small gray-brown rodent with a pointed nose, large ears, and a long thin tail.

House Mouse

Small, curious, and very good at finding entry points.

Large brown rat with a heavy body, blunt nose, and thick tail commonly found in urban environments.

Norway Rat

Large, ground-dwelling, and committed to the same travel routes.

Slender dark brown or black rat with a long tail and pointed nose.

Roof Rat

An agile climber that enters homes from above, not below.

Small tan fly with red eyes commonly found around ripening fruit and fermenting foods.

Common Fruit Fly

Appears suddenly and multiplies faster than expected.

Small hump-backed fly often found around decaying organic material.

Phorid Flies (Look-alike)

Small flies that run instead of fly and point to a hidden issue.

Small fuzzy gray fly with moth-like wings commonly found around drains and damp organic matter.

Drain Flies (Look-alike)

Small flies that suggest something below the surface needs attention.

Brown mosquito with long legs and narrow wings commonly breeding in standing water.

Northern House Mosquito

Most active at dusk and never far from standing water.

Black mosquito with distinctive white stripes on its legs and body known for aggressive daytime biting.

Asian Tiger Mosquito

A daytime biter with no respect for personal space.