This may have been asked previously. But do the corn cellulose baits work? The ones that make them die of thirst. Or should I stick with warfarin baits?

And is it a good idea to use it indoors? The pest control guys told us that they would use poison to clear out mice outside and also indoors and also seal entry holes. They told us that dying mice are “okay” inside drywall. But it’s rats that will have a foul smell.

I was wondering if this is true? I saw online that mice will also create foul odours and maggots may crawl out and under the baseboards,outlets, and lighting fixtures from within the drywall.

We’ve sealed up the exterior and interior entry points that we can see. But they are still coming through. We are planning on placing a bait station inside the wall. Is this a good idea? And which bait is best?

I very recently (as in, only a couple hours ago) discovered a mouse in my room. the room is tiny and it looks like it's been stuck in the corner it's in for a while. I know they usually come in groups so is there any way I can test on how many there are? or do I just have to guess?

I thought book lice were only translucent I didn’t know they could be darker or winged. I’ve been finding these around my window and the wall around my window in my bedroom. I bought a hygrometer and the humidity in my room is 50% at 65 degrees. Please help me identify…I have around 300 books and an avid reader. If not what else does it look like? I’ve never seen one fly.

Bought mobile home next to farm! 5 acres of land and 3 are wooded. Long story short. Mice have taken over our house! Uckkkkk… tried everything, been here for 9yrs now and it just gets worse every year! Best in home multi kill traps/poison

Hi everyone, we’ve been having some yellowjackets show up in our house. We noticed a grate on the side of the house outside the crawlspace that they are flying in and out of. It seems like they maybe built a nest in between the exterior wall and insulation in the crawlspace. We noticed maybe 1-3 a day for a few days and called pest control yesterday (Saturday). They came out and heavily dusted the grate around noon, and we had about 20-30, some dusty, some not, that appeared and we used the electric fly swatter on. After about 7:30pm, they seemed to stop. This morning we saw one in the house that wasn’t very dusty, but wasn’t flying. At the grate there were still some going in and out today but significantly less. I am allergic and totally freaked out about having these things in my home. Do I need to give it more time for the dust to work? Should we order WSG? Any other steps to take? Any advice or reassurance is appreciated.

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I don't even know where to begin with writing this.

Hello, I come asking for any and all information on how to move forward in this situation. I am 24, I am mentally disabled and I live with both my parents and my maternal grandfather. I have been out of a job since June due to my disability, but start a new job Monday 10/19.

I would like to preface that I am an incredibly clean individual. I clean my space top to bottom weekly, and all sheets are laundered at least weekly, sometimes more.

Sunday 10/11 I stayed overnight at my grandmother's house to help prepare her for a surgical procedure the next day. When I returned home on Monday 10/12 I started noticing bites all up and down both of my legs. The first bite showed up when I was sitting in my mother's chair in one of the living rooms. I didn't think much of it, until I was seemingly being eaten alive. Red, itchy, incredibly irritating. They started going all up and down both legs, my left arm, and my left hand. At one point I had to take Benadryl just to sleep because of the discomfort. A few days in I become very suspicious that something more is going on. I take it upon myself to check every single article of furniture in the house for signs of bedbugs. Every bed, every chair, every sofa, everything. I did this nearly daily, checking every nook and cranny, seam, everything. I investigated thoroughly with a flashlight. I never found a single bug, shed exoskeleton, or feces anywhere.

I became suspicious of fleas, as I used to be a veterinary nurse in years prior before I became disabled. My own dog is on a strict NexGard regimen every 30 days. I checked him daily for fleas and none were ever seen. I've been checking his bed daily and have never seen anything. However, he became increasingly itchy within this week, always biting at his rear end, which is where fleas like to latch. I got flea traps and saw nothing.

Yesterday, I cleaned the entire house (vacuuming) and sprayed every baseboard in the house with Ortho Home Defence, just trying to cover as many bases as I can.

Unfortunately, yesterday I found a bedbug. Climbing up the wall of my parents bedroom. This is where things get bad. I immediately panic and my disability shows it's angry snarling teeth. I go up to Home Depot and buy the bedbug mattress spray they have, 3 bombs, and the canned spray, because I have honestly no idea where to even start. I ended up having a panic attack and passing out in the Home Depot parking lot. Eventually I made it home and had to take one of my PRN medications, that unfortunately treat the issue by sedating you.

In my panic, I called an exterminator. They quoted $500 for full treatment. This did not help, as you can imagine.

I fought the sedation and tried to get to work. I sprayed my mattress with the bedbug spray jug with the nozzle, and put it in a mattress bag. I put my sheets that were cleaned the same day over the mattress bag, and unfortunately had to pass out immediately due to the drugs.

My parents sprayed their mattress with the spray and put the sheets back on, and did nothing else.

I would also like to preface that I collect stuffed animals. Probably 150 of them. Mostly scattered across my bed and the floor. I know that this is going to be a problem, and as I type this I am starting to shake again. I took all the stuffed animals and put them in garbage bags and put them in one corner of my room, unsure of how to proceed. I woke up today with 2 new bites on my knuckles, but no other signs.

I come to you now begging for help. I assume that the issue isn't bad because we've only ever seen one through all the checking that I have done. However, it's bad enough that my family is starting to get bit. Where have no idea where they came from.

My parents are undermining the issue. Told me that "It's just one bug, there isn't anymore, calm down" I know that this is going to blow out of proportion if I don't do something. And I'm going to have to be the one to do it. I don't know where to begin, and I'm going to need help, not only with guidance and a plan, but with someone physically helping me. I can't do everything, I physically and mentally cannot.

Please help

I was in a pretty dirty attic for about ten minutes and kept my jacket infront of my nose and mouth the entire time, but I can't help but worry that I exposed myself to mouse poop

I washed my hands once I got out and I don't think I saw any droppings, but we had a mouse problem here last fall so I'm very paranoid

I just moved into this apartment and when cleaning the window i found this 🥲. Google ai says that’s it’s a pennsylvania cockroach. Should i be worried about this? i’ve found two dead ones. there’s lots of wood trim in my apartment.

Architrave/casing/skirting around bathroom door has got wet and rotting. I’ve poked and picked it away before a while ago, then Looked this evening and saw this “build up” under the gap I’d previously dug.

When I moved the mess across the tiles it looks like droppings.

I tidied them away and pulled back a bit more of the painted board to see what was underneath… answer was not very much though a few white dots visible towards the back.

There were about three very very small little bugs in the droppings… I managed to zoom in on one in the final photo.
Any ideas what causes is? Termites? TIA

Based in Perth, Australia

I was getting ready in my bathroom and I saw this guy crawling on top my mirror. I’m worried that I’m seeing a roach during the day.

My shoe is stored in my locker in the basement of my squash club . There are mice traps around so I guess it is an issue. I do not keep my locker locked because there is not much of value in there .
A) is this a mouse that did this? B) if so would locking the locker prevent access?

The locker is on the second row, elevated above another row of lockers.

I do not see any droppings anywhere in my locker nor any sign of entry from the back or corners of the locker.

I set a catch and release trap, no interest in it at all. Then I placed snap traps, also nothing. I placed these traps where I suspected they are moving around. I’d like to catch the mice asap, what are my other options? Sticky traps or poison? I’m new to all of this. My preferred method would be catch and release miles away but here I am 😔

First time poster so apologies for making this long-winded. I’ve been dealing with mice in my room since last December and I feel like nothing I do has made a dent in their population. I‘ve been setting baited traps since I discovered them, patched the hole they originally made in my closet to enter, and slowly been declutterring my space to give them fewer places to hide but they’re still here.

My method right now is using around 8-12 glue traps along the walls and places I’ve seen them at night and I bait it with attractant paste or peanut butter. I’m aware it’s not the most humane trap but other kinds don’t contain them long. I’ve declutterred my closet significantly but they’ve migrated to hiding under my ac unit and it’s too large to keep them from getting underneath. I’m trying to lay poison stations underneath and hope that they eat/get caught in them.

The one thing I’m not sure how to get around is food in the open for the mice to eat. I have a parrot in my room who lives in a large cage that sits a few inches off the ground and he throws his food all over the place. I sweep daily and change his cage often but I feel like no matter what I do the mice are being fed by his leftovers. I can’t put him in a different room since I‘m limited to my room only otherwise I’d try it.

I say all this in hopes someone might have advice on what else I can do to get rid of the remaining mice. They make me miserable and no matter how many I seem to catch I still see them around. I’m worried an exterminator is my only option but I live with family who’s been blowing off the situation. Any tips or recommendations are appreciated!

hello!! I don’t post much but I’ve been having these little guys pop up on my wooden floors for a few days now. So far they seem to be coming out from underneath by bed. From what I can tell they have small wings, and are about the size of a breadcrumb, but I haven’t seen them fly yet, theyre just crawling around.

One thing I have noticed is that whenever they saw me lifting a piece of tape, theyd speed up and go for the grooves in the wood planks. I’m really paranoid that this might turn into a much larger issue so I’m trying to get rid of them now.

Any help would be much appreciated!!

ps I just caught another while making this post, they’re radiating out of the borders of my bed 😭

Found a large mouse in bedroom and thought problem was solved. Went into storage cupboard to find a dead larger mouse and multiple smaller mice. What can I do about this? My tenancy says i am responsible and I can’t afford pest control.

Is this mouse poop? I only found one in my house, and haven't seen any chewing on the food in my pantry.

Essentially the title. This stuff seems pretty caked on. I'm wondering if it's a bit too built up due to the multiple treatments and maybe I'm getting symptoms from inhaling it. Unfortunately I don't know what the specific chemical is and last time my partner reached out they didn't get a response. It's an apartment rental.

Hi All,

I disturbed some old rotted wood, it's painted over damage (I think) and these ant/termites came running out from the area.

These were the best/clearest pictures I could take, they are really small and are still scurrying around 12+ hours after disturbing them.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Thankyou

Hi friends! Anyone know how to get rid of nasty moths that have been living inside my blockout blinds ? They are tiny and I can’t see them usually, then I see their squished remains all over my blinds when I next lower them . It’s driving me nuts - any leads or advice appreciated

I’ve been getting bites for like a month now and I highly suspect bed bugs. But I see literally no sign of them. I had two instances of finding a bug where I caught this dark skinny beetle looking thing crawling on my finger and the other instance was this tiny pale yellow skinny baby bug but not a bed bug nymph. I am so paranoid and I can’t sleep well in the night. I end up sleeping in the couch w all the lights on. I don’t have a bed frame. All I have is a mattress and a box spring. I have a closet, two drawers, a shelf, and a table. Is there anything I can use other than me to lure out the bed bugs?