Questions tagged [insect]
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What is this bug and should I be concerned?
I see these guys crawling around. What are they and are they here to destroy my house and cost me money and waste my time?
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How can I prevent cobwebs in my house?
So we were away from our home for 6 weeks and when we came back, we had cobwebs at a number of places in the house like the shower cabinets, ceilings, corners, closets, behind toilet seats etc. Is there a way to prevent cobwebs?
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What are these dead insects under my kitchen cabinets?
After removing kitchen cabinets we found these dead insects underneath? What are they?
There flooring in my kitchen isn’t completely covered. For example kitchen cabinets have no flooring underneath them. I notice they exist around these areas…
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What insect left this?
This appeared in our home beneath a window, on top of a baseboard, over the last two days. Any idea what this could be? Would we need an exterminator? We are new homeowners in the Northeast. Thanks!
Here is another photo:
Here is a photo of a…
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Insect net on outward opening window
Like all british windows, mine also open to the outside making fitting insect nets quite difficult.
Has anyone managed to find a way to fit nets on these kind of windows?
The only way that I can see is fitting the net on the inside, but then I wont…
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Started seeing these bugs in patio door slide
Started seeing these in my patio door frame, any idea what these are? Location: NJ
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How can I find how insects are getting into my house?
I have a problem with insects getting into my house which is strange because I have a modern, well-made house with air-tight construction and high-quality insulating windows.
Nevertheless one type of bug I consistently find in the house are…
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What is this insect and how to kill it?
What is the name of insect in linked photo and how we can kill it in easy way
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Where are the flies in my Toronto condo coming from?
My new 2-bedroom condominium, built in 2010, lies on the 9th floor and near Eglinton TTC station. I got no plants. My kitchen sink has no garbage disposal. I keep all food or produce in the refrigerator, and nothing left in the open.
Now, and even…
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source of flies
Ive started to find big black house flies in my house that I haven't seen before. Initially I suspected that they came in when the door was open but we have been keeping the door shut all the time now and new ones keep coming in. We also saw a few…
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Can anyone help me figure out what type of bug this is?
In the past weeks I've had these bugs show up. First on my dinner table and now on a book shelf. I've sprayed bug spray and then vinegar on the table itself. But it doesn't seem to deter them.
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Things to keep all manner of bugs away from home?
This seemed like a decent place to ask this question.
I have incredible amounts of wasps, bees spiders around my home (specifically on my porch and around my workout station outside). I also have a big issue with random sorts of bugs hovering around…
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