Identify and Manage Indoor Insects

House flies are the most common fly found in and around homes.

The cat flea is the most common flea encountered in homes. It survives on both dogs and cats and will bite humans.

Carpenter ants, pharaoh ants, odorous house ants, acrobat ants, field ants, and pavement ants are some common ants that enter homes. Sanitation practices and baits can be used to control ants indoors.

Silverfish and firebrats are found outdoors but indoors they can become pests because they feed on starchy substances as well as book bindings, dry foods, flour, bits of cloth, or paper.

Rice weevils and granary weevils are beetles that may be found indoors in stored food products.

Fungus gnats are tiny, black flies that are commonly seen around lamps, windows, and indoor plants with moist soil.

The old house borer is an insect which feeds primarily on softwood timber, primarily pine.

Two main groups of wood-boring beetles: the old house borer which primarily feeds on softwood timber, primarily pine, and a variety of powderpost beetles, which prefer hardwoods. Beetles that bore into dead wood in homes can cause structural damage if activity is left unchecked for long periods of time.