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Ugh, in my apartment we had a wasp nest up in the attic...I remember every day there would be several in the kitchen, where the drop-down door was. I made the landlord come and seal that sht up tight
Has anyone been noticing wheel bugs in their yard? They are in the assassin bug family...they are huge and I am starting to see them more and more. In any event, if you do see one, do not mess with it. Their bite packs a mean punch. They will generally leave you alone though.
Has anyone been noticing wheel bugs in their yard? They are in the assassin bug family...they are huge and I am starting to see them more and more. In any event, if you do see one, do not mess with it. Their bite packs a mean punch. They will generally leave you alone though.
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weird iridescent hornet thing?
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Spider wasp.
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It's a digger wasp (Great Black Wasp). Oddly enough I just killed one of these on my deck yesterday.weird iridescent hornet thing?
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love a good wheel bug
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Awful pictures, but these are so small (1/8") that it's hard to focus on with my iPhone. We've been finding these in our master bathroom, and now our downstairs bathroom. Maybe 4-6 at a time. Can't tell where they're coming from at all, but our first step is to try and ID them. Anyone know?
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Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle?
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Hmm, some of the pics for that look very, very close. That may be it, @Gaucho.
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The only thing that doesn't seem to add up is that they feed on mildew/fungus. That's not a problem upstairs, and definitely not a problem downstairs.
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Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle?
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Could be that one, too. Very similar in all aspects. I'll have to keep searching for a food source in the cabinets or something.
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I found a concentration of them in our downstairs pantry, behind the cat food. Cleaned it all up and will be throwing out the old cat food that was stored in a bin. Hopefully they'll die off soon.
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That's a great call @Kane.
@NTP66 as you probably already read those guys typically hitch a ride in contaminated bags of pet food. Is the bin you store the cat food in sealed?
@NTP66 as you probably already read those guys typically hitch a ride in contaminated bags of pet food. Is the bin you store the cat food in sealed?
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It was not, but since we don't even use it anymore, I dumped it all. I'm going to empty the entire pantry tomorrow, clean everything, and go from there.
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We had a similar problem with moths a couple of months ago. The larva liked open grains and whatnot, so now we have to bag up everything we open. I even found them in our napkins.
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I'm thinking that something was spilled, because I keep all food in containers of some sort. Sugar, flour, and baking stuff like that all goes into separate gallon ziplock bags, etc.
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I keep finding these damn things, now in more rooms in the house. Calling an exterminator tomorrow to see what I can do, because now it's becoming annoying. There aren't many of them, mind you, but when I find a few crawling in our bed, that's the end of the line.
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Get yourself some diatomaceous earth and a duster...I keep finding these damn things, now in more rooms in the house. Calling an exterminator tomorrow to see what I can do, because now it's becoming annoying. There aren't many of them, mind you, but when I find a few crawling in our bed, that's the end of the line.
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Get yourself some diatomaceous earth and a duster...
And eat them?
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yum
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@Algernon
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I need an indoor solution. For the time being, I'm just going to be vacuuming the hell out of the carpeted areas, and vacuuming these little **** from the floor and walls until I can get pest control out here.
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Found the source. I forgot that I left a bad of bird seed in my garage (didn't have room in the shed for it yet). **** are all in and around it. That's now double bagged and in the trash can, with a pest control guy coming tomorrow to lay down some spray.
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I'd have dropped a quarter stick in the bag for good measure.
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I sprayed the bag with bug killer before double-bagging it.
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