Current Pests: October
Be on the watch for these insects in October:
Insects in and around homes
- multicolored Asian lady beetles
- boxelder bugs
- ants
- wasps
- western conifer seed bugs
- hackberry psyllids
- spiders
- centipedes
- birch catkin feeders
- masked hunters
- millipedes
- stored product insects
- cockroaches: German, brownbanded, American, Oriental
- Pennsylvania wood cockroaches (found indoors or outside in wooded areas)
- springtails
- pseudoscorpions
- ground beetles
- carpet beetles
- fruit flies
- phorid flies
- fungus gnats
- longhorn beetles
- metallic wood boring beetles
- houseplant insects
Insects in Yards or Gardens
Gardens: Yards:Insects that bite or sting
- blacklegged ticks (formerly known as deer ticks) - active down to 38°F
- bed bugs
- fleas
- head lice