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Brown recluse spiders, also known as fiddle back spiders, are native to the South Central States. These spiders are potentially dangerous to humans. Although bites are rare, their venom can cause serious wounds. Because of their secretive habits, detecting and eliminating brown recluse spiders can be a challenge and time-consuming effort.
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Adult German cockroaches are light tan to medium brown except for the shield behind the head marked with two dark stripes (separated by a lighter stripe), which run lengthwise on the body.
Most cockroaches have a flattened, oval shape, spiny legs, and long, filamentous antennae. Immature stages are smaller, have undeveloped wings and resemble the adults.
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Pest Identification Chart
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Carpenter ants
Carpenter ants are fairly large ants ranging from ¼ to ¾ of an inch in length.
They can be colored black, red or a mixture of the two. This ant specie nests primarily under rocks, in tree holes or in insect-damaged wood. |
German cockroach
The German cockroach has three life stages typical of insects with incomplete metamorphosis. German cockroaches breed continuously with many overlapping generations present at any one time. |
Brown recluse spiders
Brown recluse spiders are tan with a dark brown fiddle-shaped marking on their cephalothorax.
They are fairly small spiders, only reaching ¼ to ½ of an inch in length.
They can be located indoors, usually in storage areas such as closets or attics. |
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Crazy ants
Crazy ants are small, blackish ants. They have very long legs and antennae. These ants are often seen running about in an erratic manner, giving them the name "crazy ant". Colonies of crazy ants can be small or large and contain multiple queens.
Crazy ants will produce new colonies by budding or mating swarms.
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American Cockroaches
Often called "Palmetto Bugs", these are large cockroaches with a reddish-brown coloring. They have yellowish-tan markings on their pronotum - the shield-like plate that covers the head (if you are looking down on the cockroach). |
Box Elder Bugs
Box Elder Bugs cause concern in the autumn when they gather in considerable numbers on the warm outside walls of homes and sometimes find their way into houses looking for a suitable place to winter. |
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Pharaoh ants
Pharaoh ants are small ants with a yellowish-red color. The queen is larger and reddish-brown color.
This species of ant will place its nest just about anywhere. They will nest in any crack that is suitable to their needs. They prefer to be near a water source. They have also been found behind baseboards, under carpet, in planters and in electrical outlets.
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Brown-banded Cockroaches
Brown-banded cockroaches are usually found in homes and commercial establishment such as office buildings. They like high locations (shelves, behind pictures, etc.).
Tan in color. They have a yellowish stripe on their pronotum - the shield-like plate that covers the head (if you are looking down on the cockroach .
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Fleas
Adult fleas are not only a nuisance to humans and their pets, but can cause medical problems including flea allergy dermatitis (FAD), tapeworms, secondary skin irritations and, in extreme cases, anemia. |
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Ground beetles
Ground beetles make up one of the largest groups of beetles in North America, with more than 2200 species. Although there is some variation in their body shape and coloring, most are shiny and black (some are metallic), and have ridged wing covers. Another characteristic common to ground beetles is a smaller head than thorax, and threadlike antennae. |
Millipedes
Millipedes have two pairs of legs for each body segment. Millipedes are cylindrical in shape and often brown, black or yellowish in color
Some species expel a liquid that can cause skin irritation in humans. It is thought that this liquid is possibly toxic to small mammals that feed on millipedes. |
Silverfish
Silverfish are considered a nuisance pest. They prefer to live in moist, dark areas.
Silverfish are gray or silver in color with three tail-like appendages projecting from the tip of their abdomen. Silverfish also have long antennae and flattened bodies. Both the adults and nymphs lack wings.
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