We keep finding these tiny, jumping insects in different places in our downstairs. They’re mostly in the laundry room but also in the family room. Our extension agent told my husband that they were springtails. Where are they coming from and why are they in my house? L.L., Epsom, NH Springtails (sometimes called Collembola) are
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I’ve been unpacking my family’s sweaters and other winter clothes that were stored in the attic. When I opened one box of sweaters, I saw a couple of what looked like tiny beige moths running around inside the box. I’m assuming that these were clothes moths since, sure enough, I found holes in some of
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Our house keeps getting invaded by those gray roly-poly bugs that curl into a ball. When we were kids, we called them pillbugs, but when I looked them up on the Internet, I found “sowbugs” instead. Whatever they are, how can we get rid of them? A. G., Deerfield, NH Pillbugs and sowbugs are actually
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If you’ve had trouble in the past with insects spending the fall and winter in your home, now is the time to take steps to keep that from happening again. What Kind of Pests Are We Talking About? Fall invaders are crawling pests such as crickets, millipedes, and earwigs that are normally found outside around
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I’m trying to figure out why we suddenly have a bunch of house flies inside. Every day for the last week we’ve killed 20 to 30 flies, mostly in the dining room. J.R., Boston, MA For an accurate diagnosis, you really need to have the flies identified. If they’re the size and shape of house
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We have chiggers in our house! I thought they were outside pests but we’ve seen dozens of them crawling on our draperies and living room walls. They’re reddish and look like they’ve been sucking blood. My son reacts very strongly to chigger bites so I need to find out where they’re coming from. J. J.,
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When I was trimming shrubs around the outside of my house, I found these strange mud tubes on the siding. Do you have any idea what made them? J. J., Stowe, MA Mud tubes on an outside wall could be the nest of a mud dauber wasp or they could be travel tubes used by
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Do you guys do skunks? It seems we have one (or more?) nesting under our deck. We’ve seen it come out from under there more than once. My husband doesn’t want to deal with it. Our dog does want to deal with the skunk but I’m sure that wouldn’t be a good idea! M. T.,
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My daughter just pointed out that we apparently have a chipmunk nesting underneath our front porch slab. There’s a hole under the edge of the slab and he runs out to help himself to birdseed. I wanted to put poison out but my wife won’t allow that because “he’s just soooo cute!” She’s put her
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Worcester, MA 01604
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Hooksett, NH 03106