I’m trying to figure out why we suddenly have a bunch of house flies inside. Every day for the last week we’ve killed 20 to 30 flies, mostly in the dining room. J.R., Boston, MA For an accurate diagnosis, you really need to have the flies identified. If they’re the size and shape of house
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We have chiggers in our house! I thought they were outside pests but we’ve seen dozens of them crawling on our draperies and living room walls. They’re reddish and look like they’ve been sucking blood. My son reacts very strongly to chigger bites so I need to find out where they’re coming from. J. J.,
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When I was trimming shrubs around the outside of my house, I found these strange mud tubes on the siding. Do you have any idea what made them? J. J., Stowe, MA Mud tubes on an outside wall could be the nest of a mud dauber wasp or they could be travel tubes used by
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Do you guys do skunks? It seems we have one (or more?) nesting under our deck. We’ve seen it come out from under there more than once. My husband doesn’t want to deal with it. Our dog does want to deal with the skunk but I’m sure that wouldn’t be a good idea! M. T.,
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My daughter just pointed out that we apparently have a chipmunk nesting underneath our front porch slab. There’s a hole under the edge of the slab and he runs out to help himself to birdseed. I wanted to put poison out but my wife won’t allow that because “he’s just soooo cute!” She’s put her
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Swimming pools and backyard ponds can be inundated by certain insects on occasion. Some of these are true aquatic insects that have a lifestyle associated with water while others are nuisance flying insects that are attracted by outdoor lights and accidentally end up in the water. Aquatic Insects Are Assets in Backyard Ponds By “aquatic
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In the last few days, I’ve found maybe 20 of those dark, worm things that coil up into a circle in our basement laundry room. I don’t know where they’re coming from but we have had a lot of rain here lately so I’m wondering if that has something to do with it. Any ideas
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My wife found some strange bugs in our basement. They were identified as booklice. Do these things suck blood like other lice? We use the basement mostly for storage but I’m worried because our dog spends the night down there. Is that why the booklice are there in the first place? Is he infested? B.
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We’re having a real problem with all kinds of bugs getting into our lower level family room. I’ve found millipedes and sowbugs and some other bugs that I don’t even recognize. I’ve tried spraying around doorways. What can we do to keep them out? L. Y., Amesbury, MA In homes, basement and lower levels are
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