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