Pest Library - Colonial Pest Control

Millipede

Millipedes are a group unto themselves within the greater arthropod kingdom (insects, spiders, crabs etc.). Over 7,500 species of “thousand leggers” have been described worldwide. Some tropical millipedes are large ...
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Pillbug

Pillbugs (Armadillidium vulgare) are not insects in the true sense, but rather a unique crustacean that lives on land. They are similar looking and closely related to the sowbug (see image ...
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Silverfish

Silverfish are small, (⅓ to ½ inch) wingless insects with elongated flattened bodies that are covered in silvery gray scales. Their long antennae and three prominent appendages at the posterior ...
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House Cricket

House crickets (Acheta domesticus) are very closely related to field crickets. They’re slightly smaller, (3/4 inch long) light brown colored with dark stripes on the head. These crickets are the ...
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Flea

Fleas are a large (up to 2,000 known species) group of medically important insects. The blood feeding habits of some adult fleas (non-host specific) make them efficient transmitters of parasites ...
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Earwig

Earwigs get their name from an old superstition that they would crawl into a person’s ear while they were sleeping and bore into their brain! Fortunately, that’s just a superstition. ...
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Cricket

Field crickets (Acheta assimilis and others) occur all over the western hemisphere and are primarily an agricultural pest. Crickets have been reported to damage grain crops as well as fruits ...
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Centipede

The House Centipede is easy to distinguish with its worm-like body and 15 pairs of legs (if you care to count them!). Centipedes are generally found in moist cellars, but ...
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Brown Dog Tick

The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) occurs worldwide but it is relatively uncommon in New England. It is not normally found outdoors in NE, and those ticks found infesting dogs ...
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Bedbug

The bedbug has recently re-established itself as a threat to public health in the U.S. though it is prevalent in most other parts of the world. The reasons for this ...
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