# Pest Library Look up common household pests. How to identify them, the signs of an infestation, and when it's time to call a pro. Filter Type All types Category All categories [Clear](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library) Display # 24 [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/aedes-mosquitoes)## [Aedes Mosquitoes](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/aedes-mosquitoes) Mosquitoes The day-biting mosquitoes behind dengue and Zika. They breed in containers, and the eggs survive months on a dry rim. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/aedes-mosquitoes) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/american-dog-tick)## [American Dog Tick](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/american-dog-tick) Ticks One of the main U.S. carriers of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Look for the mottled off-white shield behind the head. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/american-dog-tick) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/american-smokybrown-cockroaches)## [American/Smokybrown Cockroaches](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/american-smokybrown-cockroaches) Cockroaches Two big dark roaches that share a habit. Both live outdoors and come inside, unlike the German cockroach. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/american-smokybrown-cockroaches) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/anopheles-mosquitoes)## [Anopheles Mosquitoes](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/anopheles-mosquitoes) Mosquitoes The malaria genus. It rests at a steep head-down angle rather than parallel to the surface. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/anopheles-mosquitoes) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/armadillo)## [Armadillo](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/armadillo) Furbearers A digging problem that never comes indoors. It roots up lawns and beds and leaves the building alone. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/armadillo) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/beaver)## [Beaver](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/beaver) Furbearers North America's largest rodent, built entirely for water. The damage is flooding and felled trees, not the house. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/beaver) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/bed-bugs)## [Bed Bugs](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/bed-bugs) Bed Bugs Bed bugs feed on blood, hide within a few feet of where you sleep, and fit into a crack no wider than a toothpick. They do not spread disease, and they have nothing to do with how clean your home is. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/bed-bugs) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/big-brown-bat)## [Big Brown Bat](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/big-brown-bat) Bats If bats are in your attic in the Northeast or Midwest, this is now the likely species. Older guidance names the wrong one. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/big-brown-bat) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-bear)## [Black Bear](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-bear) Furbearers Back in at least 40 states. Almost every conflict starts with food a person left reachable. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-bear) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-vulture)## [Black Vulture](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-vulture) Birds The one North American vulture that is not only a scavenger. It takes newborn calves and lambs, eyes first. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-vulture) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-widow-spiders)## [Black Widow Spiders](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-widow-spiders) Spiders Venomous, and far less dangerous than its reputation. The red hourglass is not always an hourglass and not always complete. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/black-widow-spiders) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/blacklegged-tick)## [Blacklegged Tick (Deer Tick)](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/blacklegged-tick) Ticks The tick behind most Lyme disease in the Northeast. Adults are active October through May, not in summer. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/blacklegged-tick) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/brown-recluse-spiders)## [Brown Recluse Spiders](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/brown-recluse-spiders) Spiders Six eyes in three pairs, not eight. The most misdiagnosed spider in America, and absent from most of it. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/brown-recluse-spiders) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/canada-goose)## [Canada Goose](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/canada-goose) Birds The geese on your pond in July are almost certainly not migrating. Most problem birds are residents. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/canada-goose) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/carpenter-ants)## [Carpenter Ants](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/carpenter-ants) Ants Large black or red-and-black ants that hollow out damp wood to nest. They do not eat it, so what you find is sawdust rather than missing wood. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/carpenter-ants) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/carpenter-bees)## [Carpenter Bees](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/carpenter-bees) Stinging Insects The big black bee that charges your head cannot sting you. It bores round holes in bare wood to nest. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/carpenter-bees) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/coachwhip)## [Coachwhip](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/coachwhip) Snakes - Non-Venomous One of the fastest snakes in North America, and completely non-venomous. It hunts across open ground in daylight. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/coachwhip) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-kingsnake)## [Common Kingsnake](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-kingsnake) Snakes - Non-Venomous It eats other snakes, venomous ones included, and there is peer-reviewed evidence its presence changes the neighborhood. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-kingsnake) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-raven)## [Common Raven](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-raven) Birds An all-black bird up to 27 inches long, one of the largest songbirds in North America, and among the smartest. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-raven) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-snapping-turtle)## [Common Snapping Turtle](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-snapping-turtle) Amphibians/Reptiles Docile in the water and defensive out of it. Every real problem happens on land, in late spring and early summer, when a female is nesting. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/common-snapping-turtle) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/copperhead)## [Copperhead](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/copperhead) Snakes - Venomous The venomous snake homeowners in its range are most likely to actually meet. It damages nothing and bites rarely. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/copperhead) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/corn-snake)## [Corn Snake](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/corn-snake) Snakes - Non-Venomous Harmless and killed on sight far too often, because its black-bordered blotches read as copperhead at a glance. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/corn-snake) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/cottonmouth)## [Cottonmouth (Water Moccasin)](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/cottonmouth) Snakes - Venomous Very likely the most misidentified venomous snake in its range. Most cottonmouth sightings are watersnakes. [Identify This Pest](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/cottonmouth) [ ](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/coyote)## [Coyote](https://critterwranglerstn.com/pest-library/coyote) Furbearers Every state in the lower 48 has them, and the densest populations sit against cities. 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