Know Your Pests
Wasps
Yellowjackets
Mistakenly called "Bees", yellowjackets are actually a part of the Wasp family, though their size is similar to the honey bees. Their stinger venom can be dangerous to those who are allergic or stung multiple times. Yellowjackets build their nests in trees, shrubs, or protected places such as man-made structures (houses, sheds, etc.).
Hornets
Another member of the Wasp family. Hornets build their nests by chewing wood into a paper-like pulp. Most nests are exposed in trees and shrubs, but some build underground or in other cavities. They will aggressively guard their nest to protect their queen.
Carpenter Bees
They get their name from their nesting behavior, burrowing in hard plant material like wood or bamboo.
Ants
Carpenter Ants
Carpenter ants are large black-brown ants. Carpenter ants are considered a wood-destroying insect, they can often be identified by the wood shavings they leave behind. They often make a nest in window or door frames, shower pans, hollow doors, and trees. Thorough detective work and inspection helps locate their often difficult to find the nest. They range in size from ¼ to ½ inch.
Pavement Ants
Pavement Ants are black-brown with lighter legs and an antenna. Pavement ants are often found on kitchen sinks, cupboards, and rooms on a slab. They range in size 1/16 to ⅛ inch.
Odorous Ants
Odorous house ants are black or brown. When crushed they leave a smell, similar to a rotten coconut, which leads to their nickname “stink ant”. They often are found in the kitchen looking for sweat food. They range in size 1/16 to ⅛ inch.
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Mosquitos and Ticks
Mosquitos
These "Blood Suckers" feed on the blood of various hosts. The bite can cause an itchy rash. They can pass diseases through these bites and can cause fatal injuries.
Ticks
Tiny pests that feed on blood. Most common in warm, humid climates. Because of their habit of ingesting blood, they are vectors of many diseases that harm humans and animals.
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Fleas
Fleas can live for about 100 days during which time the females produce 400-500 offspring. Fleas transport themselves on rodents and other mammals and usually remain on their hosts at all times.
Fleas are tiny bugs. They don’t grow much larger than the tip of a pen, and they range from light brown to almost black in color. They don’t have wings, so they get around by jumping from place to place. Their thin, flat bodies and hard shells mean you often need to squeeze them between fingernails or two hard surfaces to kill them. Even then, where there is one, many often follow.
Stink Bugs
Most known for their glands, which produce the defensive chemicals that for lack of a better phrase "stink". The defense mechanism is characterized as a "pungent odor that smells like cilantro". They feed on fruits, leaves, seeds, and plant pathogens.
Moles
These small animals have adapted to a sub terranean lifestyle. They are known pests to human agriculture, lawncare, and gardening. They are not there to eat plant roots, just worms. The plants and lawns are simply casualties.
Rodents
Anything from rats, mice, bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks and more. They are small animals with robust bodies, short limbs, and long tails. They have sharp teeth that gnaw food, create burrows, and defend themselves. They give birth to litters and can eat through almost anything.