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CockroachesSmall brown bugs that scatter when the kitchen light goes on18 guidesTermitesMud tubes, discarded wings, hollow-sounding wood14 guidesRats and miceDroppings, gnawed packaging, scratching after dark30 guidesBed bugsItchy bites in lines, dark spots on the mattress seam11 guidesAntsTrails in the kitchen, fire ant mounds in the yard9 guidesSpiders and scorpionsLarge fast spiders indoors, and the brown recluse question13 guidesWasps and beesA nest under the eaves or wasps streaming into the lawn14 guidesMosquitoes and ticksYard treatments, disease risk, what spraying achieves20 guidesFleas and biting bugsBites with no bug in sight: fleas, mites, kissing bugs14 guidesFlies, moths and pantry pestsGnats at the sink, moths in the flour, holes in wool15 guidesAutumn invadersLady beetles, boxelder bugs and stink bugs on sunny walls9 guidesDamp-loving pestsSilverfish, centipedes, springtails and earwigs10 guidesWildlifeSquirrels in the attic, bats, snakes, moles in the lawn18 guidesLawn and gardenGrubs, plant pests and what the yard treatment does9 guides
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Flies are cited almost four times as often as rats in New York restaurant inspections
24.7% of 27,050 inspected food businesses since the start of 2024.
75.5%
Pest control pays three quarters of the private-sector average
Federal payroll data. Only Utah and Mississippi match their local market.
1%
Some roach populations shrug off a common bait almost entirely
Fipronil bait killed as little as 1% of some strains; boric acid killed 98 to 100%.