Yikes! Meet the Bugs That Live In Your House
Ants
Beetles
Centipedes
Wasps and Bees
Cockroaches
Mosquitoes
Spiders
Flies
Lice
Crickets
Pill Bugs
Silverfish and Firebrats
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SOURCES
News release, Stanford University
University of Minnesota Extension: “What to do about household ants,” " Carpenter ants," “Carpet beetles and clothes,” “Crickets,” “Fall nuisance flies,” “Silverfish and firebrats in homes,” “Common Spiders In and Around Homes.”
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension: “What are beetles,” “Indoor flies.”
Bertone, M. PeerJ, 2016.
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences: “House Centipedes,” “Booklice.”
University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources: “Cockroaches.”
University of Missouri Extension: “Household Flies.”
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture: “Mosquitoes: Practical Advice for Homeowners.”
University of Idaho Extension: “Homeowner Guide to Pillbugs and Sowbugs.”
Illinois Department of Public Health: “Bees and Wasps.”