A bed bug magnified many times.A mattress infested with bed bugs.Bed bugs are a very hard household pest to deal with when they gain entry to your home or apartment. The bed bugs are great...

American Cockroach The American Cockroach is actually from Africa. The cockroaches stowed away on ships and were bought to this country. Their native land was...

Silverfish are nocturnal insects. The name comes from its distinctive metallic appearance and fish-like shape. When the Silverfish is hatched it is white in color, but develops a greyish hue and...

Ticks are arachnids, along with mites. Ticks are external parasites feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and reptiles. Almost all ticks belong to the class of hard ticks or soft ticks. Adults...

A wasp is neither an ant nor a bee. The most common is the yellow jacket. Wasps are important in ecological roles by being a pollinator or a predator of other crop damaging insects. Many wasps are...

This group of beetles varies in size 1/8 to 1 inch, shape and color. Most are very flat, dark brown, hard-bodied beetles. Some ground beetles are metallic green or blue. They have three pairs of...

Snakes In and around the Tri State Area there are over 130 different snakes found in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. In the United States an estimated 7,000 to...

Bee There are over 4,000 species of bees. They are pollinators that gather nectar and pollen from flowers. The bees may be brown, black, or banded with yellow,...

Cricket Crickets are known for their loud chirping which is caused by the males rubbing their front wings together, trying to get a date with the females. The...

Black Widow Spider The black widow spider is considered to be one of most venomous spiders. Only the female black widow is dangerous to humans; males and...

Flea There are over 2,500 species of fleas, a small flightless insects that survive as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by consuming blood,...

House Flies House flies are more of a problem than you might suspect. They visit such places as dumps, sewers, and garbage heaps. They feed on fecal matter,...

Longhorn Beetle The Longhorn Beetle has over 1,100 species in America alone. Their name is based on their antennae which are quite long and resemble horns....

Mosquitoes Mosquitoes are a group of about 3400 species of small insects that are a type of fly. The Spanish word mosquito means little fly. Fossils of...

Common Mouse Mice in most cases are considered vermin which are a major source of crop damage, structural damage and spreading diseases through their feces....

Pigeons Pigeons are dependent on humans to provide them with food, roosting and nesting sites. They are found around agricultural areas as well as warehouses,...

Rat The most common rat is the Norway rat. Their fur is coarse and mostly brown. Rats are famous for being able to chew through soft concrete, wood, plastic,...

Earwig These slender red-brown insects with elongated, flattened bodies are distinguished by a pair of sharp pincers at the tail end, which they use for...

Fire Ant Fire ants nest in the soil, often near moist areas, such as river banks, ponds and watered lawns. Fire ants build large mound nests that are flattened, irregular in shape, and between two...

Scorpion Scorpions are closely related to spiders, mites, and ticks. There appears to be over 2000 different species. All known scorpion species possess venom...