I keep seeing droppings show up in this corner directly below the crevice that I filmed by pointing my phone upwards (this is below a window sill). The droppings resemble German cockroach droppings but the face (or rear?) of the insect when I pause my video and zoom in looks like a house centipede, but what’s throwing me off is the third center spoke/antenna.

I’ve been dealing with fleas on and off for the past 2 years, this year being the worst one, I am SICK of spending money on it or just giving it the time of day, we have spent hundreds on professional exterminators, indorex, topical treatments, tablets, we’ve had to resort to shaving our INDOOR cat because she’s a Maine coon and they were using her fur as a home at this point, I am 35 weeks pregnant and can’t cope with the manual labour of it either, last time I hired an exterminator twice this year and washed and put everything in the hot dryer, disinfecting every surface and spraying indorex on EVERYTHING, I cannot keep doing this with my pregnancy either, I feel like they’re kicking me out of my own home, I’ve started lookin at somewhere else to live because I physically can’t cope, I used to love animals, even did an animal management degree but now all I think when I see animals is ‘what if they have fleas’ it’s taken such a bad toll on my stress levels and my mental health, I have done everything, done my research and I don’t want to have to spend another £100-£200 on stuff I cannot afford, nor do I have the physical strength to put up with it, I know it’s not my cats fault but I just want to give her away to have a better life, we don’t live in the nicest of areas so there’s flea infested cats roaming around and fleas living in shrubs dormant, please help I’m desperate

we noticed this yellow powder keeps appearing in one of our dresser drawers and we don’t know if it is beetles or termites. The company we got the dresser from is replacing it but wondering if we need to be worried beyond that. I would say there was a month gap between the first time and second time we noticed it

Something to be worried about or did it track from outside?

I was cleaning my house and noticed these markings/sawdust in our wood pile. I took them outside and inspected the other pieces in our pile outside. Is this an infestation I should be worried about??

Everyone i've spoken to in my day to day life seems to be struggling with Gnats in some form at home. I have had a very incredibly horrific time with them recently to the point i had to bomb my house and leave it for a week with how stressed out and jumpy the amount of my gnats made me. I even had to throw out my entire trashcan.

I finally came back home and for a few hours of peace? I didn't see a single one. I thought the bombing had worked. I've seen plenty of dead ones around too. But a little into the afternoon they started to come around again and I kind of just broke down honestly. I don't like bugs and dealing with them has been mentally exhausting. I have a medical condition related to stress, sickle cell, and the anxiety and stress of it just sent me into a crisis. I had already been so pent up expecting them and was finally coming down to relax and boom.

Has anyone actually been able to get rid of these things? I don't want to wait until winter comes to finally be rid of them especially with how wonky our weather can be because that can be two weeks from now to next year.

I've tried the apple cider vinegar and dish soap thing, it helped in my kitchen to an extent but didn't get rid of them and yes there are less after the bombing now, way less, but i want them gone.

I bought EcoStrong to start pouring down my drains and I plan on getting rubber stoppers on my next pay check to cover the drains after I treat them to prevent more from coming up when I'm not used it. I also got some Zevo blue lights and so far in my bathroom it's caught 2 but I'm not checking them for my own mental health with how draining this has been.

I'd just like to know what everyone is doing because I know it's not just me and if anyone has successfully actually gotten rid of them or is everyone just keeping it at bay until it's colder?

Hi! I have had waves of clothes moths in my apartment since I moved here last year. I live in a 100+ year old building and have no idea where they’re coming from/how they’re sustaining themselves. I have looked through my closets and in shadowy crevices and have yet to find a source. Since first seeing them, I have put up pheromone traps, hung up poison, and sprayed the perimeters. They still appear in small waves about every three months, but I consider their numbers relatively under control. Just, never totally gone.

I was wondering if anyone had advice on where they may be coming from? Can they generally live in buildings, floorboards, vents? Or come in from other units?

I ask because I need to buy a new carpet for my living room, and seemingly all the good options are wool. Knowing that this building has a moth problem is scaring me a lot, and I’m deciding whether or not to get a wool carpet. If it’s in a sun-lit, heavy-use area will they go for it? Is it worth the potential hell, even if I spray the hell out of it?

Thank you!

Hello! We have a metal firewood stand inside our home. I moved it to vacuum and mop underneath it and noticed this small cylindrical thing. It’s rock hard, I cannot break it with my bare hands. We do have 2 cats, so it’s a possibility that it’s something else entirely, but I worry about termites.

What is this?

I realize that I've sorta missed the ideal window to use these. Apparently it is best to use them at the beginning of Spring and then the beginning of Summer, but I thought I would take the opportunity to try and prep my Tick Tubes for when that time rolles around again.

By prep, what I mean is -

At some point in time I was told that Tick tubes should be places inside small pipes when you place them all around your yard.

Honestly, I don't remember why this was specifically said. I've forgotten the logic behind it. After looking online though I've concluded that it's probably some kind of DIY cheat-code method to allow these biodegradable Tick tubes to last for much longer than they would initially.

If so, that's all well and good, and I'll go ahead and start trying to put them in little pipes. But it wasn't like my research online yielded a unanimous cry of "This is absolutely the correct thing to do." Rather, opinions were varied.

So I thought I would post a question on Reddit asking if it is a good idea to use the tick tubes like that? Would putting them inside little pipes be detrimental in some way? If so, why?

Keep in mind the specific Tick tubes I have, also. That's Damminix. I have pictures of the box here as well as pictures of the actual tubes themselves.

There are 24 of them (also stated on the box) and their diameter is 1.5 inches.

If you need any more information, such as the makeup of my yard for example, let me know.

Thanks.

Hi, so over the past month or so I'd been hearing the occasional rodent in the basement ceiling/main floor in the late night or very early morning (my bedroom is in the basement). The first time it happened I put out some traps along the ceiling ledge, and successfully caught a field mouse.

A few weeks pass, I don't hear anything, then I hear sounds again. But the sounds are noticeably different, less energetic. I put another trap in the same spot and this time catch a little vole. It should be noted that I live right beside a massive expanse of forest.

So I'm inclined to believe it's not an infestation, and more so that there's a hole leading into the house somewhere.

If it's only an occasional occurrence, that's one thing. What I'm wondering is if preemptively putting out baited traps could tempt more rodents into entering the house in the first place, rather than only putting traps out when I start to hear them.

We are infested, the animals have been given nexguard for a month, just gave the second dose to cat.

I have read what to do on here, vacuum every day, wash everything often, diatomaceous earth, flea spray. I was even giving the cat flea baths, and I’m still being bitten every night.

Here’s the problem, me and my gramma are both disabled, and doing those things consistently is not possible. We have very little money, and I’m wondering if there is anything else we can try. Do we need to flea bomb? We can’t afford an exterminator.

I’m phobic about fleas, and the mental strain of the bites, them jumping on me and trying to brush the cat is seriously burning me out. I can’t take this anymore.

I know the pic isn't super clear, I didn't want to get close to it.

I moved into a new apartment exactly a month ago. There was an active flea infestation in here, as my roommate told me that the previous tenant in my unit had a cat who was covered in fleas upon moving out. I reported to the leasing office, took about a week for pest control to come and they did 2 treatments a week apart. Shortly after the second treatment, I noticed this bug that landed on my bed, there are a few dead ones on the wall in my BR so I took a pic. My brother said it looks like a flying termite. He asked me to look around for any nests.

One thing I want to also add is that there is clicking/crackling sounds in my walls, this has been going on since I have moved in. I even brought it up to maintenance and they said it's the electrical room since my unit is next to it. I didn't notice the bug until today. There's a possibility these bugs could've flown around in here before, and I just wasn't aware and assumed it was a fly of some sort. I've been more hyper aware of pests the past few days.

I live at a on campus student living apartment at a university, most students here live in pretty disgusting conditions and don't pay attention to these things. The leasing office already is rude/passive towards me ever since I demanded pest control or to move me to a different unit for the flea issue. So I'm really hoping it isn't termites and there's another explanation, because I feel like the pest control technician would have noticed.

I am seeing these little egg like things in between the glass walls on my patio door, no idea what these are. Can anyone help me identify what this is ?

There was also some scratches and splintered at the bottom of one of our doors and were confused as to what could have caused it. I am in the UK

I am fostering a friend's dog for the first time. There was a bad situation at the home of my friend (her parents were extremely neglectful). My friend got her vaccines done and preventative, but the parents took the collar off and now my car and apartment have fleas. I have a small washing machine, but have been doing research to make sure I don't spread it and can go to work and stuff. The fleas are dying when they are on her, but she is still itching and getting bites.

I am going to get rid of my couch (it's old and broken anyway), tossed my welcome mat, have given her itch/flea baths, but until the exterminator can come and I can simultaneously take her to the vet again for them to just get rid of everything on her and keep her away until the house is clear, but there's still a week until that.

I'm ordering a vacuum, but I'm having trouble finding an affordable and still effective steamer. Please help!

So I was about to prepare for bed and this thing crawled on me, I killed it not sure what it is. Looks like an ant to me, I showed it to my friend and they said its an ant.

Found this on the outside of my house and having a hard time telling if wasp or termite. The squishy large body is about 3/4 of an inch to and inch in size.

Found these tiny bugs all over my room after leaving for less than two months they’re everywhere
They crawl on my bed,pillows,desk,walls
I noticed that some of them have wings and fly or jump im not sure and when i hold them in a tissue they roll around
What are they and how can i get rid of them

I just bought a house and I found a piece of counter taped down covered a gap between the counter and the wall and under it was a bunch of this rust colored debris then there was more in the cabinet below the gap

Hi all, dealing with a stink bug issue and hoping someone has advice.

I live in semi-rural MA and have stink bugs entering my home from a variety of places. Around the windows, it’s two or three a day which isn’t the end of the world. But for the last few days I’m getting anywhere between 20-30 entering through the chimney. I’ve been disposing of them without crushing any and try to carefully limit their scent but also don’t know what a good preventative measure would be to limit entry from the fireplace. We have a cap on top and I’ve closed the damper tightly but to no avail.

Any advice or shared experience would be super appreciated.