There are a few possibilities, but my best guess is that you saw a couple of ground beetles. And, yes, they did come in from outside, probably through gaps around that basement door. Ground beetles are what we call “occasional invaders.” They are outside insects that occasionally end up inside buildings, usually by accident. They’re…
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1. Don’t Store Woolens in Cardboard Boxes – Your first mistake was using cardboard boxes. Cardboard boxes are not a deterrent to any pest, let alone clothes moths. They are also not airtight and so won’t work with fumigants like mothballs. Instead, you should use an airtight container such as a large zip-lock bag, or…
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To keep up with pests in the news, I subscribe to an online notification service called Google Alerts. I was wondering why there were suddenly so many news items about bed bugs in schools. Then I remembered, kids are back in school and the same thing happens every year about this time. It makes sense.…
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Rats are creatures of habit and will follow the same route between their nest site and food and water sources. After much repeated use, these paths or runways become more obvious. Runways of the brown (or Norway) rat are mostly near ground or floor level and are usually near some vertical surface like a fence…
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Why did spiders become one of the scary symbols of Halloween, along with black cats and bats? Seems pretty obvious; polls would confirm that most of us are afraid of spiders, at least to some degree (see Afraid of Spiders? You’re Not Alone). Halloween is all about scaring ourselves and others and spiders have a…
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