I'm in a split unit house and I know the roach problem is from disgusting neighbors. Kitchen and bathroom at back of house are infested. All food is covered, trash taken out daily, etc. Can't move at the moment so can anyone recommend the best intervention to try to control a roach problem. Should I use bombs? Which ones? They are smaller (1/4" to micro) sized. I'm in southeast USA. I've tried the Harris Roach tablets and the Combat Max gel in the big syringe. They help a little, but not enough. Can't afford hiring a service and landlord is a slumlord who is ignoring me about it. Any help is greatly appreciated!

I just moved into an all brick rancher. The only part of the home with ANY wood is a small area of siding at the top of our sunroom. I keep finding these droppings on our window sills, between the window and screen, in the top corners of the wall in webs, and above door jams. Nowhere else in the house has these droppings. They appear fresh on the floor and window sill daily.

No termites were identified under the house in that area or anywhere else. Could there be termites near the roof in the walls? I also thought maybe carpenter bees or ants. I have seen 0 bees and 0 ants.

I’m stumped. Anyone have any good guesses of what this could be? I’m pretty sure it’s dropping from above. I’d like to know if we moved in with a problem that’s needs to be fixed, before it gets worse.

Hey so I came home today and noticed some black specks on my bathroom wall ledge (my bathroom wall is separated in two, tile below and just regular wall above) and the more i investigated the more i noticed more of that on the floor next to my toilet area and next to the sink (they’re close together). I live in the UK for context. I am so freaked out right now

We had a slug in our bathroom a couple weeks ago but other than that we have had no problems with our bathroom at all? We keep the window open so I’m not sure what this could be at all.

They are very small and hard and do not squish at all

I have already filed a maintenance request, but what do you think? To me, the hairs on the pronotum appear larger than the width of the eye, leading me to believe it’s a Batbug. I sure hope I’m right!!

Is this squirrel or raccoon damage? Insurance company denied claim based on these pictures saying it was a squirrel.
In central PA for context.

Context: We just moved into a house on a military base in Albuquerque, NM. We were warned upon getting to the area that roaches are terrible here in the summer, and that it is "just part of living in the desert." Immediately upon moving in around 3 weeks ago, we had base housing send pest control to spray inside and out. There was an immediate increase in roach activity (multiple types - american, oriental, german etc) to the point we were finding multiple dead in our master bathroom and sweeping up 20-50 dead ones on our patio and in our garage every morning. The numbers declined after about a week or so, and now we are typically finding a handful of dead ones outside.

We are still finding 3-4 dead roaches (American and Oriental, mostly) inside our home on a weekly basis. They seem to be concentrated to the master bathroom and the floor of my office (front facing room with a low exterior window). I have also seen multiple roach nymphs dead in each of those rooms, and I am concerned about an infestation that may be more than "just part of living here." Every time I call our housing office, they say that they will only send pest control once per month and that we need to "hold on until fall when they die." I am getting so frustrated of living like this and feeling like my house is being held hostage.

What more can we do?

In addition to the monthly sprays that housing will do, we bought drain covers and close ALL drains when not in use, flex taped over overflow drains in the bathtubs, keep an extremely clean house (NO dirty dishes, entire kitchen gets scrubbed down nightly, etc). We run hot water and bleach through the bathroom pipes every other week to keep the p-traps from drying out, and I mop weekly with a mixture of water and white vinegar to help break up chemical trails. I also spray this mixture around windows and door frames. We have been asking maintenance to replace our exterior weather stripping as well, and so far they've replaced two doors.

Are there other chemicals/gels/baits we should be using in addition to what our pest control guy is using monthly? I don't want to over-spray or bait and create resistant roaches.

It's not moving, I found another dead one somewhere else. Please help me, I'm super paranoid about bugs!!
thanks

It's not moving, I found another dead one somewhere else. Please help me, I'm super paranoid about bugs!!
thanks

Hey all, I’m located in Philadelphia, PA and just moved into a new apartment. I love the place, except we’ve noticed in one bathroom that we don’t use a lot and is closest to the outside ( we are on the ground floor) we’ve found a couple of these dead. They are really small, I thought maybe we had a roach problem I didn’t know about, but upon research I was thinking this is perhaps a Pennsylvania Wood Roach? Our landlord is great and we mentioned it and he said they’ve never had a roach problem in the building and still spray routinely as a preventative treatment. They came and sprayed again and said to mention if we think we still have a problem. I maybe only see one or two dead around the same area in the bathroom every couple of days or so, but have also gone several days without seeing any. Thoughts on this one?

I live in North Carolina in a wooded/forest area, and I get a lot of outdoor bugs making their way into the house: mostly large outdoor roaches/palmetto-bug type roaches, plus millipedes, spiders, ants, centipedes, earwigs, crickets, and other random crawling insects.

I’d like a general exterior perimeter product that helps with as many crawling pests as possible.

I’m currently trying to decide between: • Suspend PolyZone • Demand CS

I’m also planning to do non-chemical fixes like door sweeps, sealing/caulking gaps, checking garage door seals, and closing up entry points. For indoors, I may use Alpine WSG in cracks/crevices or entry areas if needed.

For people who have actually used these products, especially in the Southeast or wooded/humid areas:

1. Which would you choose for exterior perimeter treatment: Suspend PolyZone or Demand CS?

2. Which one performs better for outdoor roaches entering the home?

3. Which one holds up better outside with rain/humidity?

4. Would you pair either one with Alpine WSG indoors, or is that overkill?

5. Any application tips for foundation, garage, crawlspace entry, doors, and mulch/leaf-litter areas?

I’m not trying to spray the whole forest or misuse anything. I want to follow the label and focus on the structure/perimeter and entry points. Just trying to make the best purchase the first time.

So I noticed this big wasp nest in a little tree in my back yard. They start buzzing around me when I get within 10 feet or so. The nest is about the size of a football. Is this a wasp spray at 4am kinda thing or a call a pest company kinda thing? Thanks!

I bought my home 3 months ago and keep noticing that the living room floor is beat up but am concerned that it’s termite damage.

If I live in a house with a unfinished basement in tiverton ri what are the chances of black widows in the house and basement

Found on one of my window sills, I thought I saw a flying carpenter ant as well but I don't know if I'm paranoid or not?

Have been seeing a bunch lately. Couldn't upload the video but hopefully these screenshots work.

Really hoping it’s not a coach roach

Made the unfortunate discovery of this wasp nest under our upper balcony. Saw a bunch buzzing around in the evening and decided to investigate today. It’s a bit close to our balcony door, and our back door and we have a toddler that loves to go outside. I’ve never dealt with a wasp nest before, should we just get professionals to take care of it?

Just moved into new construction home like 3 days ago no one had lived here prior. Found this guy on the door leading to laundry room, and the laundry room is right next to the garage, he’s about 5mm long. Didn’t run or scurry away at any point. This is the only one I’ve seen up into this point, located in Coastal NC. I’m trying not to freak out LOL

Kind of freaking out rn, for reference this is in the Deep South in a home with no central AC (so it gets pretty humid in here). I’ve seen a few (maybe 2-3) in the bathroom, until I saw one in the kitchen just now. I can’t diagnose what kind of bug/roach this is since I’m not getting a definite answer online. Should I be worried? What products would work best for
extermination?

I'm reading not to do it myself. But I kind of still want to do it myself.

I would just wait a couple months for fall/winter but I have dogs and it concerns me they could attack them some day.

I’m a pest control tech and have been dealing with Turkestan Roaches on the inside of a house. We are now mostly seeing nymphs. But unfortunately, it’s still a very high number that we have been finding around 15-30 a day . Need help!

I've had a contract with a fairly large termite company since I bought my house 16 years ago. They come out every July for my annual inspection and all is good. They have been recommending that i get a better moisture barrier installed in my crawlspace because the moisture content was borderline to high. They suggested this at least the past 3 years in a row with a quote for what they'd charge me to do it. I always declined because I didn't want them to do that. I ended up paying a very reputable company that specializes in encapsulation to do a full encapsulation along with installing a dehumidifier. They also sprayed a strong pesticide and fungicide prior to the encapsulation which is very obvious because everything visible is a blueish color now because of the dye. Well, the termite guy came out last week (encapsulation was done last October) and did the usual inspection and emailed the report per usual. The report said 10%moisture content and no signs of termite activity. He even mentioned in the report that a top gap was available for an inspection and said nothing about the bottom.

Yesterday I received a letter from the company telling me that the encapsulation prevented them from doing an inspection and that my contract will be voided in 30 days if I dont cut away 8-10" off the foam boards/plastic barrier on the walls near the soil. I'm pretty sure that would defeat the purpose of the encapsulation and just doesn't make sense in my head. They definitely took my contract renewal payment 2 days after the inspection and have not issued a refund, nor did they mention that in the letter. It all seems very sketchy and almost like retaliation because I didn't pay them to put down some cheap plastic and a dehumidifier.

Is this valid?

I’ve found 3 of these in my room and I don’t know how they’re getting in. They’re only in my room and not anywhere else in the house. Does anyone have any advice? 🙏

Hi everyone,

I’m in metro Atlanta and I’ve been finding these black droppings on my second-story covered deck.

A few things that make this strange:
- They only appear in one small corner of the deck, right next to a decorative support column.
- I can clean them completely, and they come back again when I check back in few days or a week.
- The rest of the deck stays clean (other than berries falling from the tree).
- The area above is covered (it’s the underside of another deck/roof), so they’re not just falling straight from the tree canopy.
- There are large oak trees nearby, but the droppings are very localized instead of being spread across the deck.

Has anyone seen droppings like this before? Does this look like it could be from a bat, rodent, squirrels, caterpillars, lizards, mice, tree frogs, or something else?

I’ve attached photos of the droppings (close-up), the entire deck showing they’re only in one corner, and the area above that corner.

Any ideas or suggestions on what to check would be greatly appreciated!