r/pestcontrol 22h ago

Unanswered Woodpeckers inside house walls. Any legal way to get rid of them?

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I have university, health issues, money issues. The last thing I need is a woodpecker collapsing a wall.

I hear their stupid little chirps inside the wall. Probably a nest. I need to rid *my* house of these trespassers.

Don't tell me to wait, even if that’s the only option. Just don’t even comment if that’s what you’ll say.


r/pestcontrol 16h ago

what bug is this

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so we moved into a new apartment and there are oriental cockroaches outside and somehow one got into the house but now we saw this bug (squished obviously lol) but this one definitely does not look like the ones we have seen.


r/pestcontrol 13h ago

Roaches in split duplex

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I rent a split duplex and the neghibors in the other half had a exterminator come by. A week or so later I was having my morning coffee and saw a weird looking bug crawling on my kitchen door. Ignorantly. I squished it and after, I realized I should have IDed it first. Looking online, I belive it was a roach with an egg sac and i was fairly sure a german roach.

We cleaned the kitchen. Saw no other bugs or signs of rosches and went about my business. About a week later. Saw another one, no egg. We told the landlord. Landlord confirmed thr other half of duplex was treated and we may see stragglers. Gee thanks for the warning, I would have put stuff out prior. We then purchased bait and DE. Placed bait under kitchen appliances and one in the laundry room.

We've seen exactly one bug at a time every 5-7 days on the same wall as the door. Making sure to go to bed when a dry sink. No food out. Ive even put peppermint oil down the drain each night just incase thats an entry point. This weekend we found two inside the keurig. Trashed it and deep cleaned the kitchen again. No other bugs or signs found. We even took over the outlet covers and sprayed DE in them. Now we are actively looking for them. I found one in my nightly checks last night. We also got glue traps yesterday. Placed three around the kitchen. One trap caught a roach (under the stove, against the same wall).

Is it fair to say at this point that its not stragglers? We told the landlord again when we trashed the keurig. He's not a good landlord mind you, he has his mkments and then will ghost for half a year. Moving isnt an option, rent prices are insane. I dont know the best course forward. There are kids and cats in the home.


r/pestcontrol 1h ago

Found these insect skins while vacuuming. Anything I need to be worried about?

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r/pestcontrol 4h ago

Please help me identify this cockroach plz

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We live in the northeast USA and we live an older apartment building. We’ve been living here for around a year and we never had a pest problem, we found this dude this morning and want to know what species this is so we can properly deal with them (found him high on our bedroom wall)


r/pestcontrol 5h ago

I think I have springtails in east central Florida

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r/pestcontrol 6h ago

Identification What roach is this?

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One got trapped in a fruit fly trap and the second one was found dead on the floor. 4 days apart. I had DE (food grade) on the baseboards last week from Monday through Thursday pre-flea treatment which happened on Friday.

New apartment I moved to 2 weeks ago.


r/pestcontrol 7h ago

What is that ?

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Hello everyone, I found that in my kitchen, it is roughly 2-3 mm long. Unfortunately I am also encountering cockroaches from time to time. I was wondering if one of them did lay its egg there or if it would be something else.

Thank you in advance for your help and have a nice evening


r/pestcontrol 9h ago

Unanswered What is this? North FL

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Found near a front door with wide cracks and a window too nearby. Seemed to have antenna and no wings and wasn’t crawling super fast but not slow either. In north Florida. Never seen before. Had sort of harder body so couldn’t crush it as easily?


r/pestcontrol 17h ago

Hyperventilating as we speak

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Can anybody tell me what this is before i get a heart attack please


r/pestcontrol 19h ago

Bedbug :(

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Found this detestable creature crawling on the blanket I was laying in. Now what? Looked around and didn’t see anymore or any signs of anymore. Neither me nor my husband have been bitten and don’t see any bites on our ferrets.


r/pestcontrol 21h ago

Is this a German cockroach ?

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Is this a German cockroach? Should I be concerned? I’ve checked around the house and this is the only one I’ve found but I know it’s never only one

Location: Zevo trap located in bedroom in mobile Alabama

I have not spotted any droppings or any other bugs that look similar.


r/pestcontrol 22h ago

What type of spider is this?

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Found in dining room. Thanks!


r/pestcontrol 31m ago

General Question Rodent Poison & Cats

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We have mice. The pest control guy came out and gave us an estimate for general pest control and putting out bait boxes for the mice. I expressed to him that my cats eat rodents (actually eat, not just play with or kill and leave it) and my concern with poison is that they’ll eat a mouse that has poison in its system. The man told me that poison they use is counteracted by vitamin K and that since vitamin K is in cat food, they would basically be counteracting it when they eat their food. He didn’t give me the poison’s name. Is there any truth to this?


r/pestcontrol 23h ago

Identification bed bug or beetle??

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so I’m in Pakistan and I found these on my bed at first. I thought that these were bedbugs, but I searched them and they not theyre like some sort of beetle but like Google says that they don’t bite and they only grow in food storages but the thing is my kitchen is downstairs n is not even connected to my bed so how am I getting an infestation in my bed? I do have some plantation like just outside the window of my bed like my bed is right by the window and there is also a closet by my bed. I feel itchy when I find these on my body. How do I get rid of them? I don’t have a vacuum.


r/pestcontrol 39m ago

Rat in the washing machine

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Hi!

As the title says I have a rat living in my washing machine since last Friday. I don't know where, I already took off the back panel, but can't see it.

First I tried to trap it into a bucket, by building a ramp, but it ate all the food and climbed out. Then I bought traps (both mouse and rat) but it ignored them. Then I placed down cardboard with glue around the machine. Tonight I heard screeching, went inside the bathroom and there it was, a brown rat, with the gluey cardboard all around the place. We had a half hour standoff when I first tried to catch it, then after losing my patience, just trying to kill it without destroying the tiles in the bathroom. Obviously I lost the fight and it escaped back to the machine.

I already had a pest control guy come and since he believed that it must be a mouse he placed a couple of those black mouse poison boxes down, which obviously won't do anything since the rat won't even fit inside.

My question is how do I get rid of it as fast as possible without it dying and rotting inside my washing machine? Is there anything besides food that would make it leave? I was thinking of sealing the holes and filling it with smoke, would it try to escape? I can also start disassembling the machine, but I'd prefer not having a terrified rat jump on my face. If I call pest control, will they be able to get it out?

I am quite done with this thing shitting and pissing around our only bathroom. I take literally any advice.


r/pestcontrol 1h ago

Outdoor yard ant problem

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Multiple large satellite hills. Tons of flying ants. Can be see in the air over the backyard. Where to even start and what products to use?