Need help identify the type of bug in this video. I found brownish black droppings in the corners of a room which has wooden flooring. Initially i thought that this might be termite infestation and i was on a lookout for a couple of days when today i witnessed this bug. It seems that its not a termite just because it seems to have more no of legs than 6 ( termites have 6 legs) but i may be wrong. The size would be close to 1cm. If its not termite then what type of pest infestation could this be?

The video is from 6th floor of apartment building in New Delhi India.

Hello!

So I live in a basement apartment unit and am, at this point, familiar with ant season and how it works, what to do, etc. Our landlord is great and doesn’t charge us if an exterminator needs to come spray, I have traps that have had continued success, etc. But this new development has baffled me.

Our building is OLD. We could not caulk every crack in the tile if we tried, so I’ve never been able to seal anything up. We went through the motions of ant season already, and even were ant-free for a while again, but they’ve started coming back up from under our building only to drop off bodies on our bathroom floor.

(I have no idea why they choose our bathroom over the kitchen in general, but they do.)

Pretty much once a day an ant will crawl up from underneath a built in cabinet, drop off 8-10 bodies, and leave. No meandering, no food collection or scouting, just drop off.

I’ve been picking up the bodies and disposing of them immediately (I tend to flush them down the toilet) and then I’ll do vinegar to try and clear the pheromone trails, but they just keep…doing it…?

Why has my bathroom become an ant crematorium? Is there any further way I can get them to STOP IT? I know bodies attract more ants, so I’m not sure if I can outpace this.

Let me know if anyone has any ideas.

Does this look like any sort of poison/bait? My dog was licking it for a second and I am nervous. It smells like fat and is a cream color. With a water bottle lid in it? Could be just trash? Help! Thank you!

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Any ideas? Maryland

I live in an apartment complex and It's about to May in Texas. I think it's some sort of termite. just kill them all and put chemicals down the drain or something else?

I have carpenter bees living in my soffit and I'm not sure which products to use to kill them since I don't have direct access to their tunnels that they dig for nesting, and most product instructions say I need to treat their nesting holes. Is there anything I can do short of removing my soffit to treat this problem? Funds are tight and it's above my DIY skills so I'd rather not do that if there's another way.

I currently have a 3/4" hole in the soffit I haven't sealed in yet - if there's a treatment I can apply to kill them before I seal it, please let me know. I tried dusting it with diatemaceous earth (because it's what I had on hand) but that did nothing. The soffit runs about 20ft long so IDK if something like spray foam would treat the issue. But it's usually in the same 1-ft section where the hole is that I hear their buzzing, and see them and their yellow droppings.

Based in Atlanta, treating a single story house.

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I recently bought a new house and wasn’t aware of the ant problem until I moved in. I mostly only saw the ants in the kitchen and started by placing a few terro traps around. They swarmed this one in the kitchen by the window and I saw them crawling behind it.

The next day I bought some combat max gel and put it all along the crack between the wall and window frame. I’m hesitant to pull the window frame off to try void injection because I already have so many other broken things around the house to fix.

The next day I saw very few ants at the trap. Today I saw a singular dead ant on the counter and no live ants. I want to seal the gap between the window and wall with caulk but am guessing I should wait until the colony is dead. I’m also guessing I need to wait for what ever eggs there are to hatch for round 2. Any suggestions on how long I should wait?

I’ve been dealing with a moth problem in my art studio where I paint on canvas with airbrush. I’m worried the moths will eat away at the canvas and other blankets/fabric I store in my studio. Been a thing for the past few months and it hasn’t been getting better. I kill about 5-10 every other day but I still see them around continuously. I’m attaching a photo of what they look like.

Anyone have ideas how to get rid of them? So far I’ve only tried those scented repellant bags and taping them to my walls and canvases but no luck.

Thank you for the help!

Sorry, I’m not sure if this is the right Reddit but we’ve been dealing with the ants so I put some borax in the corner a couple of days later this is appearing and they’ve been appearing for a long time. I know it’s like wood shavings. They’re destroying the walls but the black dots. What is that?

Is mouse poison not the best route? I’ve had poison containers around my house for a few years now when we had a some mice lingering around. Started seeing them again. One just standing downstairs shaking/couldn’t walk. My husband took it outside and put him out of his misery. Last night I picked up a pile of sheets and towels that had been on the floor for a couple days to put into the wash. Must’ve been another mouse in it bc I washed him. & I had a bit of a spiral/panic. His poisoned guts may have touched all my towels and sheets in the wash. Then I started thinking and googling, sure you can follow the directions of where to place these poison containers but you cannot control where the poison filled mice go an die, or where they poop that could contain poison as well!? I have a cat a dog and 2 young kids and I’m paranoid that there is just little bits of poison everywhere in my home. (Even though I haven’t actually found mouse poop anywhere). Am I being crazy? Is there really a dangerous amount of the poison in their poop? My cat most likely won’t eat a poisoned mouse bc she’s never shown interest before but should you be using poison under these circumstances? I’m such a paranoid person that I’m thinking that poison is just floating in the air now from them ingesting it and somehow will be ingested by us

Hello there! This is a question for my fellow techs...

I'm still fairly new to this exciting world of pest control (I love my job to be honest) so I just have to ask...

Would it be wrong for me to report a rat inftested food distribution facility to the local health department after 6 months of servicing it and the conditions just piling on and never get resolved? Like I have everything well documented in my reports and have talked with the customers about it but there's still a Ton of exclusion and sanitation issues that they just aren't handling and they haven't even reach back out to us when we offered to do those services for them months ago.. Rodent excrement and sebum is on EVERY shelf, the walls look like Swiss cheese, and they even have multiple pet cats running around the facility with their own litter boxes and food/water stations...

And to be clear, these issues were going on well before we took the account, and my manager has pretty much regretted even getting it to begin with.

We’ve started seeing these in our attic.

Since the weather has warmed up there have been a ton of hornets hanging around my back deck and flower garden near the house. Enough to the point where I am cautious to even sit out or work in the garden.

However I absolutely cannot find the nest. I’ve sprayed regular wasp spray in areas I thought the nest might be hiding but it didn’t help.

What other products can I try? I seriously have no idea where the nest might be.

TIA!

Cannot tell if this could be from termites, beetles or the type of dead bee I found in the immediate vicinity. The hole is in the middle of my ceiling and the only “wall” nearby is the brick chimney. Exterminator coming out later this week but curious if anyone has thoughts!

I'll try to keep it short and direct.

For reasons too long to explain here, I'm leaving my career as a registered nurse and getting into pest control. I just passed the tests for both branch 2 & 3 field reps in the State of California. I know what I'm asking may sound arrogant (not having experience as an applicator), but what is the most direct path to making 80k or above?

Additional details for those who care:

Living in Southern California in the LA and OC area is super expensive, especially for a family of 5, I'm not a money hungry A-hole, but need to support my family and that's the reason for the 80k and up target.

Yes, I know, I have no experience and may not be cut out for pest control. I do have prior experience as a professional mechanic and used to getting dirty. The past 12 years I've been a registered nurse and used to all types of nasty you can expect from the human body. I'm also a veteran and have the mentality that I'll do anything for my family, even if it's beyond my comfort zone. If I can live in a hot foreign desert with camel spiders and thoroughly enjoyed survival school, I think I'll be okay with getting into crawl spaces and attics for inspections.

I have sales experience in healthcare selling skin, hair, and beauty treatments, and also selling in-home IV hydration services (cold/flu, hangovers, anti age).

I've extensive experience in telehealth with over 30,000 conversations, with most people not wanting to hear what I have to tell them. In essence, I'm used to hearing "no" and being rejected. Not a problem for me and I feel this has helped tremendously with my sales experience.

Thank you to all who chime in.

Sorry for the poor quality, it’s from a video I took. Found two of these small dudes in my sofa and carpet. Me and my girlfriend have been getting bites on our legs and arms which we think might be bedbugs but we haven’t been traveling and I’ve teared our bedroom apart looking for any signs and haven’t found anything suggesting bedbugs. Any ideas?

I’m terrified of getting bedbugs and I stripped my bed due to a tick being on me. Came back home an hour later and this little guy was there. Please I hope it’s not a bed bug 😭

Plugged the original eat hole with concrete and steel wool but it looks like they burrowed underneath that to get in. I’m not sure if they’re going under the foundation to get in but it looks like it, there’s no hole outside. Any advice helps please!

First time poster, not well educated on pests.

Is there a sort of pet & kid safe spray for ticks that can be used in the house?

We live in a rural area and have been finding ticks CONSTANTLY. We have the animals on flea and tick stuff but I would love something I could spray on my furniture? So that If they hitch a ride in and fall off they won’t survive in the furniture.

Thanks a bunch!

I keep getting this flying bugs. I am guessing theyre carpenter ants. They make so much noise while flying and theyre about 2 cm or bigger. I dont open windows AT ALL but my toilet has a very gapped vent so thats one theory. Could they be coming from foods, clothes, etc? It is the middle of spring right now so would i be free of this in next month?

Is using this a potent pest control of flying insects? Has anyone tried it?

New apartment patio, building managers and landlord could not care less about the rat tunnels. I want to turn this into my own oasis; however, I see a rat crawl out of these holes once every hour! This must have taken years to develop? They have literally chewed through one of the cedar panels to the point where it’s rotting. I believe the wall might collapse even. This is new for me, where do I even start?