Is there a creepy crawlie around your home or business that you’ve never seen before? Use our Pest Identifier to learn about some of the most common pests found in Northeast Wisconsin, then call The Bug Blaster at 920-826-6233 to get rid of them.
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Paper Wasp
Paper Wasps take their common name from the paper-like material out of which they make their nests.
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Norway Rats
Norway Rats are brown with scattered black hairs; they have a gray to white underside with a long, heavily-bodied shape, blunt muzzle, and small ears and eyes.
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Asian Beetles
Asian Beetles range in colors of reds and oranges; they also usually have a black ‘M’ mark behind the head.
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House Spider
House Spider is the most encountered spider indoors. It is a nuisance pest, probably more because of its webs than because of the spider itself.
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Wolf Spider
The Wolf Spider is usually dark brown, often with paler (or sometimes yellow) stripes or markings. Unlike most spiders, wolf spiders don’t hunt with webs. Instead, they chase their prey using their fast running ability.
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Yellow Jacket
There are several species of yellow jackets. These flying insects typically have a yellow and black head/face and a patterned abdomen.
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Bald Faced Hornets
This large black-and-white relative of the yellow jacket gets its common name from its largely black color, but mostly white face. It is named a hornet because of its large size and aerial nest.
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House Mouse
The house mouse is the most commonly encountered rodent in the U.S. Their appearance is dusty grey with a cream belly.
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Pavement Ants
Pavement Ants get their name because they make nests in or under cracks in the pavement. These dark brown to black ants can also infest structures.
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Carpenter Ants
Carpenter Ants get their name because they excavate wood in order to build their nests. Their excavation results in smooth tunnels inside the wood. These are large ants ranging in size from one-quarter inch for a worker ant to up to three-quarters inch for a queen.
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Carpenter Bees
Carpenter Bees take their common name from their habit of boring into wood to make galleries for rearing their young. Carpenter bees resemble bumblebees, but their abdomen is largely bare and shiny.
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Jumping Spider
Jumping Spider is black, sometimes brown, tan, or gray, and usually has pale markings. Unlike most spiders, jumping spiders are active during the daytime and seem to like sunshine.
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Millipede
Millipedes are blackish or brownish, some red, orange or with mottled patterns. They have a long, cylindrical and worm-like shape.
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Silverfish
The Silverfish insect gets its name from its silvery, metallic appearance and fish-like shape and movements. Silverfish have no wings but are able to run very fast.
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Cockroaches
Cockroaches are brown to tan in color and oval in shape. They prefer to hide in places with moisture, and they are most commonly found in kitchens and bathrooms.
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Crickets
House Crickets are nocturnal, or active at night, and usually hide in dark, warm places during the day.
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House Flies
House Flies get their name from being the most common fly found in homes. Adult house flies can grow up to one-quarter of an inch long and usually live between 15 and 25 days.
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Cellar Spider
Long-Bodied Cellar Spiders are commonly referred to as “daddy-long-legs” because of their very long, thin legs. As their name implies, they are found in dark and damp places like cellars and basements.
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Indian Meal Moth
Indian Meal Moth was given its name after an insect scientist found it feeding on corn meal, also known as Indian meal. From wing tip to wing tip, adult moths measure from 5/8 of an inch to 3/4 of an inch long.
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Grain Beetle
Merchant Grain Beetles are typically not found in grain products, but instead like to attack cereals, cake mixes, macaroni, cookies, and chocolate. Merchant grain beetles are dark brown and have six saw-like teeth on each side of their bodies. They can grow to be 1/8 of an inch long and have very flat bodies.
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Centipede
Centipedes are yellowish to dark brown, sometimes with darker stripes or markings. They have an elongated, flat worm-like shape.
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Box Elder Bugs
Box Elder Bugs get their name because they are often found on and around box elder trees. As temperatures cool, they often congregate on the sunny side of trees and other structures.
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Mosquito
Mosquitoes are one of the best-known summer pests, mosquitoes breed in stagnant water or soft soil. There are about 170 different mosquito species in North America alone.
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Bed Bug
Bed Bugs are red-brown in color and very small in size, often ¼ of an inch. Typically, they are found in bedrooms, as they prefer to hide close to where they feed.
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Vole
Voles are usually brown or grey in color. They have a compact shape with stocky bodies, short legs and tails, and are generally small in size.
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Earwigs
Earwigs are dark brown in color and about an inch long. These insects live together outdoors in large numbers. Earwigs can be found under piles of lawn debris, mulch, or in tree holes. They gain entry to a structure through exterior cracks. – Learn more about Earwigs
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Flea
Fleas are reddish-brown and very small, 1/6 of an inch or less. They are parasites that feed on the blood of any warm-blooded host
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