Try:
12 pests
- Wood destroyers
Termites · anay
Coptotermes, Microtermes, Nasutitermes spp.
Silent wood-eaters that work 24 hours a day, inside the walls and under the floor.
Termites: signs and treatment - Crawling insects
Cockroaches · ipis
Periplaneta americana, Blattella germanica
For every roach you see, up to 200 more are hiding nearby.
Cockroaches: signs and treatment - Rodents & others
Rats and mice · daga
Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus, Mus musculus
Ceiling runners that gnaw wiring and spread leptospirosis through floodwater.
Rats and mice: signs and treatment - Flying insects
Mosquitoes · lamok
Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Culex spp.
The dengue carrier bites by day and breeds in a plant saucer.
Mosquitoes: signs and treatment - Crawling insects
Ants · langgam
Monomorium, Solenopsis, Paratrechina, Camponotus spp.
Trails to the sugar jar mean a nest in the wall — kill the trail and it moves.
Ants: signs and treatment - Crawling insects
Bed bugs · surot
Cimex lectularius, Cimex hemipterus
Hitchhikers that live in mattress seams and come out to feed at night.
Bed bugs: signs and treatment - Flying insects
Flies · langaw
Musca domestica, Drosophila spp., Psychodidae
They land on garbage, then on your food, in a few seconds.
Flies: signs and treatment - Rodents & others
Spiders · gagamba
Order Araneae
Mostly harmless — and a sign there are plenty of insects for them to eat.
Spiders: signs and treatment - Wood destroyers
Beetles · bukbok
Lyctus, Sitophilus, Tribolium spp.
Powderpost beetles eat furniture; weevils eat the rice sack.
Beetles: signs and treatment - Flying insects
Moths · gamu-gamo
Plodia interpunctella, Tineola bisselliella
Pantry moths in grains, clothes moths in closets — and termites in disguise.
Moths: signs and treatment - Crawling insects
Fleas and ticks · pulgas at garapata
Ctenocephalides felis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus
They ride in on pets and stay in the carpet and the yard.
Fleas and ticks: signs and treatment - Flying insects
Bees and wasps · putakti
Apis spp., Vespa spp., Polistes spp.
A nest by the door or in the ceiling is a job for a trained crew.
Bees and wasps: signs and treatment