OTHER COMMON PESTS
Clothes moth
- Golden colored
- Long narrow wings
- Make silken tubes in clothes
Ticks
- Hard or soft shell
- Found on pets, in high grass
- Carry/transmit disease
Fleas
- Tiny, wingless
- Infest pets and animals
- Feed on blood or fecal matter
- Jump long distances
Earwigs
- Large pinchers at end
- Dark reddish brown in color
- Attracted to moisture
- Non-threatening
Pill bug/ Sowbug/ Rolly Polly
- Less than ½” long
- Prefer moisture
- Non-threatening
Centipedes
- Tan and brown with segmented flat body
- Likes damp areas
- Can bite and inject poison
Millipedes
- Glassy brown to gray
- 2 pairs of legs on each body segment
- Like damp locations
Camel Crickets
- Threadlike antennae
- Light to Dark brown
- Humpback appearance
- Found in moist, dark places
Ladybugs (Lady Beetles)
- 1/4” long
- Red with black spots
- Congregate on warm sides of buildings in autumn
Boxelder Bugs
- Black bodies with red line markings on back
- Feed on vegetation
- Can enter home if left untreated
Silverfish
- Silver, flat, and wingless
- Long antennae
- Like warmth and humidity
Ground Beetles
- ½ TO 1 ½ “ long
- Shiny black to blackish brown
- Attracted to light, moist areas