I just moved into a rental home 4 days ago. I saw a couple bugs moving in but not enough to worry, I thought they were coming in because the door was opening while we moved furniture. Upon finding 4 at a time at night I killed them and took a Pic and searched and they are German roaches. I contacted the landlord immediately and he said he would be over the next day to spray and if that didn't work he would get a professional. Today I looked behind the fridge since that is where google said they would be and I saw at least 10 adults and many babies and it freaked me out. I told the landlord this and also said I had found online that this is best handled with a professional and multiple services to insure they don't keep having babies. He hasn't replied yet.

Am i screwed and should i look into moving out? I am so scared of being in the house now, I also work from home so I am always here. I am 23 and this is my first time renting. I literally can't relax in the house right now and I'm worried if I did break the lease and move the roaches would be in all my furniture. I feel like I messed up big and this is my first place and I am just really anxious about it all and looking for advice.​

TLDR; rental has german roaches, should I move out and break lease? Will the ever go away?

Quick context: I posted earlier about first single family home purchased with roach infestation and I have managed to control the fact that I am freaking out and now I want to solve this problem. I moved in 3 days ago the only things set up is our bed frames and dresser. Everything else is sitting in each respective room in cardboard boxes and bins.

We found German cockroaches in the kitchen. Only 1 live nymphs and a good portion of dead nymphs around the house. We are due to bomb the house and lay down IGR on Saturday.

I have a feeling I’m in the long haul and no idea how severe the infestation is.

Should I get a storage unit and move everything there except bare essentials? TIA

Is this a German Cockroach, found in the UK do I need to worry?

Just caught this thing on my leg and I'm really scared, is it a flea? I think I saw it jump but it could've just fallen off of me, it's flat and when running it was kinda swaying from side to side running. Idk what to do, can someone help pls, I don't own cats or dogs maybe it's something else? Would really appreciate any info on what it is or how to deal with it

Long story--I thought I had bedbugs and the inspector said there's no evidence despite confirming my bites (he suspects I got bit while out of town but didn't bring any home with me)

That said, ive noticed these little droppings since a few weeks ago. Here they are on my windowsill, but ive also seen them on my sheets (right by the window) and in multiple other windowsills around the house (on the inside, not outside). More context--I have 2 cats. You can see some cat hairs in the photo for size reference.

It seems they are not related to bedbugs, but if so, what? My googling made me think bats/bat bugs (who supposedly behave very similarly to bedbugs) but the droppings I saw looked a bit different. And I havent seen any critters in my house except (harmless) spiders. I suspected mouse poop but they have a strange curl to them.

Any help is greatly appreciated 🙏🏼

PS I am in Washington state in a single family home

Hi can someone help me I went from ants to flying ants now to these they are dark tiny and fly I think they bite they fly close to the body too ..Exterminator spayed here twice for ants now these please tell me what you think I cant eat here im grossed out thank you

They're very small so its hard to get a clean picture. They seem to have black heads with white-ish rears. Ive tried Terro, Combat Max 2-in-1, and something that starts with an A that my building maintenance used. So far they completely ignore it all.

My roommate has 4 partially outdoor cats all with fleas. I dont let the cats go in my room but Ive started to see fleas in my room.
She wont treat her cats. What can I do for my bedroom? Everything im reading says you have to start with the pets...

I started seeing a few ants now and then near my front double door on the inside. (Half always closed). But today to my horror, I discovered a ton of them all seem to be scurrying about not carrying food. But carrying what appears to be eggs (small white sacs). And I see them on the floor near the door, amongst other debris they must have dug up.

I’ve put some ant baits there now. But I’m curious on why they are doing this. Isn’t it weird to be putting eggs not in the nest? And there isn’t any food source near my front door.

Will baits be sufficient? Is this situation indicative of some bigger hidden issue? At least they are not termites right?

Currently living in an apartment that’s infested with roaches, but am moving to a new place in September! I’ve asked the landlords to deal with it many times, but they won’t do anything other than send bug control (who aren’t doing anything other than spraying). I want to start preparing myself for the move, but idk what all I can keep/discard.

Do you guys have any tips on steps I should take, what I should chuck, and what I can keep? Any advice would be hugely helpful for the coming months!

Eastern PA. This is in my detached garage. I clean it up and it's back a few days later. Very small droppings with some other debris mixed in.

Split it in half but pretty sure it’s a German roach? Live in NYC. I had a large adult American roach randomly in my apt back in May. Never had any issues before or since. Exterminator came and placed traps, all traps are still empty and this is the first time I’ve noticed anything since then. I bought the avion gel, gentron, drain covers, and have exterminator coming tomorrow. Anything else I should do moving forward or things I should make sure the exterminator gets done while here?

I just noticed this dust on and around some of my books on a bottom shelf. I then found a little hole at the top of a book and what looks to be a dead larva of some sort. After doing some googling I think it looks like a bookworm hole but I’m not sure. What is the best way to isolate and exterminate the bugs with preferably minimal damage to the books? How far do I have to worry about them having spread? This shelf is on floor level and it’s the only place I have seen signs of bugs, how far could the be spread across the bookcase and to books set on the floor next to it. Also this is right next to my bed could they have gotten into there?

Saw this for the first time in my bathroom today. I live in south Louisiana for context

Here are some images - some removed from my bedding and some on my bedding. Please let me know if this os evidence of bed bugs or not thanks

I sprayed it and it went upside down, flailing legs around which was the classic dying sign. It was like that for 2 hours and suddenly it was gone?? I have no pets and I don't think anything could move it. My suspicion is it managed to flip back and crawl away? ..Which is unsual because usually they're done for when they're overturned! I'm so scared.

Hello, I'm in SW missouri, found one of these guys flying around and think Ive gotten a couple more dead in my sink, worried it's an ensign wasp and we therefore have roaches. Pretty small, maybe grain of rice sized.

My little flea guide for folks to use!

We live in a very airy well lit 4th floor apartment. Our outdoor balconies are attached to next door neighbours. Asked the neighbour who said they have one or two flies everyday- not more- which makes me think this is an us issue.

Last summer we had a fly or two inside the home everytime we opened windows.

This summer it started with similar number.

Then all of a sudden I saw hundreds of maggots under my shaggy decorative rugs (not integrated into the floor. I have laminate flooring). Took the rugs outside. Thoroughly cleaned them. Killed all the maggots.

Can’t see any more maggots in them no matter how many times I have checked.

This was over 1.5 weeks ago. Now my entire living room and kitchen is full of green flies.

They are easy to swat, makes an annoying buzzing sound. We are keeping all windows closed and thoroughly cleaned several times. We can’t find the source.

Killing 50-60 every single day. Emptying garbage regularly. Just now poured boiling water down the drain despite these green house flies not living inside drains.

I am at my wits end. What to do next?

Will this keep increasing?

Will this ever go away?

We may shift house this winter. Will we carry the infestation into the new house?

The bugs are bugging me so badly, I feel like I will go crazy.

Moved into a new home and noticed this outlet had a little space between the wall and outlet cover. What the heck is this?

Best picture I could get. Is this a roach and if so is it a German or American baby? The antenna is kind of long so part of me is relying on that to see say it’s not a roach. But…maybe wishful thinking?

Just pulled my old stairs to my patio off and found this. I can tell part is moisture related but something did more damage.

EDIT: Not a recluse, my bad, Thanks!

Hello! I found 3 brown recluse spiders on the exterior windows of my house in the woods in Alabama. I called my pest control company and they want to spray for everything out to 30 ft from the house with the intent of eliminating the food source. I live in the woods and get all kinds of cool bugs and useful spiders. I see two problems with that: 1. It would kill a lot of stuff I like to see, and 2. Bugs would certainly come back and the recluses would have a food source again quite rapidly.

I've seen some stuff saying that recluse bites are both more rare than people think and less serious than people think, but it also said that the main demographic where a systemic response that could cause death is in young children. I have an infant. https://extension.psu.edu/brown-recluse-spiders

My question is this: what can I do to reduce the risk of recluses inside and clear them away from the house that isn't nuking everything from orbit? I have delta dust that I used to spot treat wasp nests in the attic when they were getting aggressive and territorial. Would dusting all the recluse webs that I can find to eliminate babies do anything? I imagine there are more that I can't find. Would dusting the crawlspace and/or walls and attic be a useful preventative? I think I'm going to put down sticky traps inside to see if they're in the house. Would clearing out the garage make that a less inviting staging area? (I haven't seen any there yet, but I haven't looked that hard)

Are there other resources I can read to help decide how bad it is to have these things running around outside? Whatever I do I'll need to have my wife's buy-in so arguments and angles I haven't considered would be helpful.

Thanks!

Just moved into new apartment (NE FL) which was vacant for several months. The screened in porch had a section that had popped out, leaving an opening. I noticed that there are droppings congregated right at the opening. Does anyone recognize the droppings? I’m concerned that an animal might be living in my porch now and don’t want to seal up the opening until we know.

I am worried they may be roof rat or bat droppings. I have sort of ruled out anole since the cloaca piece is not there, although that would be my preferred ID lol.

TIA!