Insect and pest identification guides

InsectoGuide is a reference for the bugs people actually meet: the bite you woke up with, the ants on the counter, the thing in the basement you cannot name. Every guide starts with identification, because the right answer depends entirely on what it is.

500 guides across 23 pest groups. Sources are named in the text, and where a product is worth mentioning we say why.

Start with what you have

The three questions readers arrive with most often.

Insect Bite Identification ChartMatch a bite to its likely culprit by pattern, location and how it changes. Ant Identification Guide20 common species with pictures, and what each one means for control. What Bit Me While Sleeping?Night bites narrowed down: bed bugs, fleas, mosquitoes or something else.

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Every guide lives in one of these groups.

Bites & Stings25 guides Mosquitoes68 guides Bees, Wasps & Hornets43 guides Flies, Gnats & Midges40 guides Bed Bugs28 guides Ants27 guides Cockroaches23 guides Crickets & Grasshoppers23 guides Garden & Plant Pests21 guides Pest Control Products20 guides Lice19 guides Fleas19 guides Ticks18 guides Silverfish, Earwigs & Centipedes16 guides Seasonal & Prevention16 guides Spiders16 guides Termites15 guides Mites & Chiggers14 guides Rodents14 guides Carpenter Bees12 guides Moths9 guides Scorpions9 guides Stink Bugs & Fall Invaders8 guides

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Guides are drafted with AI assistance and edited by a person before publishing. Claims that matter are anchored to named sources: the EPA, the CDC, and university extension entomology programmes. Where a guide says a method does not work, it carries no product recommendation.

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