Mosquitoes - Mosquito Repellents Rated By Consumer Reports
The best option for mosquito control is to target your control efforts at the larval stage. Any area or object that can hold water for a period of one week should be filled, drained, or discarded. This includes areas such as stagnant puddles, ... [... more]
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Ants - Acrobat Ant
Acrobat ants entering from outdoors can be managed by sealing the exterior cracks through which they enter, using a residual insecticide barrier along the foundation, or by treating the ant nest if the location can be determined through careful ... [... more]
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Beetles - Cigarette Beetle And Drugstore Beetle
Control of cigarette and drugstore beetles requires locating and eliminating the infested item(s). All potentially infested materials should be carefully examined, including unopened boxes and packages. Cupboard shelves holding infested items and ... [... more]
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Ants - Larger Yellow Ants
Pest problems with larger yellow ants usually occur in the late summer and fall when mixed colonies of winged swarmers and wingless worker ants move toward buildings and try to enter through cracks or gaps in the foundation. The temporary indoor, ... [... more]
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Spider Beetle
Control of spider beetles in the home is similar to other stored product pests. Infested items should be located and eliminated. This may be a challenge because of the large number of possibly infested items. Cupboards or shelves holding infested ... [... more]
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Strawberry Root Weevil
Combating strawberry root weevils in the house can be difficult and frustrating. Some of the invasion can be prevented by exclusion techniques that close their routes of entry. Look for and seal cracks and gaps in the foundation and around ... [... more]
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Beetles - Roundheaded Borers And Longhorned Beetles
There are hundreds of species of longhorned beetles and many are very common. The beetles vary in size from 1/4 to 3 inches long. The longhorned beetles are attracted to dying, freshly cut or recently-killed trees where they lay eggs on the bark ... [... more]
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Crickets - Camel Cricket
Control efforts for camel crickets should include (as much as is practical) eliminating breeding and hiding sites outdoors around the house or building. Piles of bricks, stones, boards, leaves, etc., should be removed. Also, cracks and gaps in ... [... more]
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Black Flies -- Springtime's Biting Gnats
Black flies live as larvae in shallow, clear, fast-running water in rivers and streams. The black, spindle-shaped larvae live on the river bottom attached to rocks and other submerged objects and feed on tiny bits of organic matter, algae and ... [... more]
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Bees And Wasps - Spider Wasps
Spider wasps are common insects in Iowa that usually go unnoticed until they are encountered indoors as an accidental invader. Spider wasps are medium sized insects (approximately 1/2 inch long), slender with long spiny legs. The body is usually ... [... more]
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Beetles - Carpet Beetles
If beetles are found throughout the house, localized applications of residual ready-to-use insecticides may be needed. Select an insecticide labeled for carpet beetle control and follow labaeled instructions. Treatment should be lightly applied ... [... more]
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Ticks - American Dog Tick
Control of American dog ticks in outdoor areas is extremely difficult. While several insecticides are labeled for outdoor tick control, they are usually not effective in eliminating large numbers of ticks in brushy, heavily wooded areas. There ... [... more]
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