Pests of Home and Structures

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Bugs that Bite, Sting, or Spread Disease

Common Destructive Bugs

Occasional Invader

Other Critters and Home Problems

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[Photos, left to right: (bedbug) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (bees, hornets and wasps); David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (cockroach) Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org; (fleas) Ralph Williams; (mosquito) Jim Occi, BugPics, Bugwood.org; (carpet beetles) Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org; (carpenter ant) Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org; (clothes moth) unknown; (flour beetles) Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (fruit flies/vinegar flies) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (fungus gnats) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (grain beetles) Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org; (Indian meal moth) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (larder beetle) unknown; (lesser mealworm) Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org; (mealworm) Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org; (powderpost beetle) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (shore flies) David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (ants) Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; (boxelder bug) Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; (carpet beetles) Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org; (clover mite) Rayanne Lehman, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org; (cluster flies) unknown; (earwig) Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; (millipede) Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org; (multicolored Asian lady beetles) Louis Tedders, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org; (pseudoscorpion) Steve Jacobs, PSU Entomology; (silverfish) Jeff Hahn; (spider) David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (springtails) Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; (western conifer seed bug) Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; (bats) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (mice) ; (rats) ; (snakes) Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org; (mold) Terry Brennan, US EPA; (raccoon) Ricky Layson, Ricky Layson Photography, Bugwood.org; (skunk) Alfred Viola, Northeastern University, Bugwood.org;(squirrels) Joseph LaForest, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; (woodpeckers) Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org]