Bugs Under the Kitchen Sink: What Lives There and Why
A cupboard with a pipe in it is the wettest dark place in a kitchen. Five insects use it, and every one of them is reading the same slow leak.... Read more.
Tiny Black Specks in the House: Reading the Evidence
Specks are evidence, and each kind points at a different pest. How to tell droppings from frass, shed skins and ordinary dirt without a microscope.... Read more.
Bugs That Look Like Spiders: Count the Legs First
Eight legs narrows it but does not finish it. Body segments, waist and antennae separate spiders from harvestmen, ticks, spider beetles and camel crickets.... Read more.
Bugs Crawling on the Ceiling: What Gets Up There
A ceiling sighting is a direction, not a species. Meal moth larvae, cluster flies, spiders and carpet beetles all end up there for different reasons.... Read more.
Bugs Clustering on Outside Walls: What They Want
A sunny south wall in autumn draws four insects doing the same thing. They are looking for a way in, which makes this a sealing job, not a spraying one.... Read more.
Bugs Attracted to Light at Night: Why and What to Do
Colour temperature matters more than brightness. A warm bulb draws a fraction of what a cool white one does, which makes a porch light a pest decision.... Read more.
Bugs That Look Like Ants: Termites and Four Others
The termite confusion is the expensive one. Waist, wings and antennae give three independent checks that separate a flying ant from a swarming termite.... Read more.
Tiny White Bugs in the House: What You Are Looking At
White bugs indoors almost always mean moisture. Here are the four usual suspects, how to tell them apart, and why the insect is a symptom not the cause.... Read more.
Bugs That Play Dead: What That Behaviour Tells You
A motionless insect on a windowsill is often alive. Click beetles, carpet beetles, spider beetles and weevils all freeze, and each points somewhere useful.... Read more.
Tiny Bugs in Houseplant Soil: Identification Guide
Half of what lives in potting compost is harmless and killing it wastes effort. Tell fungus gnats and root aphids from springtails and soil mites.... Read more.