Homeowner Forum / Pest Control / June 2006

I keep finding these very small clusters of eggs on windows, bricks,
siding and other surfaces on my house. The whole cluster is about an
inch and a half. They contain probably about 50 or 100 very small eggs.
Which insect laid these eggs and how can I get rid of them?

Hello, I have wood damage on a stair in my basement.  No mud tubes but
the wood had has been eaten.  The first man, Terminix, said that it was
dry rot not termites.  Just a fee of $460 to treat carpenter ants.
Some of those I found and saved to show what's down there.  The second

I have a little black wasp type of bug that comes into the house. is there
somewhere I can post a pic to identify and figure if it is a problem or a
help for the other bugs we don't want, i.e. spiders, ants, roaches,
thank you

I have a back yard that is now as dry as rock, and I am now getting
springtails all over my kitchen floor (at the rear of our house) and
all over my house.
Question: If there is no moisture in my backyard, why do the

I live in the high desert, around 4600'.  I have been waking up with
small raw spots, around 1/8" in size, sometimes paired, usually on my
arms, hands, occasionally on my back.  Sometimes a little dried blood
on the lesion, sometimes not. Sometimes a little irritated and itchy

We have a five year old wood frame/stucco home in Southern Arizona. Termites
are a big problem here, or so "they" say.  I have not seen a home tented
yet, though I saw many in my hometown in central California.
Our initial treatment (the one the builder had done) is up and we are ...

I have ants in my kitchen. I have always lived in an apartment and now
I am in a townhome. Bugs are new to me. They are tiny. My neighbor told
me bounce dryer sheets??
Any tips?

We are being overrun by spiders.  If it wouldn't be paranoid, I'd think they
were out to get me :-).
We live in SE Arizona in a residential neighborhood that has a ton of open
space and natural areas.  It's like Wild Kingdom out here, I swear.

will like to stop snails crawling up the exterior walls. It seems to
happen in non-plant areas
onthe perimeter of the house
thanks

It seems that once every spring or other spring I get carpenter ants in the
house.  I use the dust/poison and they disappear for another year.  I saw a
two different lawn treatment products at my local hardware store that claim
to rid a property of carpenter ants by applying their ...

oops - let's try that again...
If so, I'd like to hear your opinion of them and their services, good
or bad.
thanks,

I've been traveling for work (leave monday, come back friday), and
staying at the same hotel for the past 6 months.
Also, while I am traveling for work, I also train in
grappling/wrestling.

I just dont get it.
I dont know much about bed bugs, or insects, but I have tried to apply
some logic and it just doesnt make sense.
Hear me out (assuming bed bugs is the cause):

I am in New Orleans and have fleas in my garage and in my lawn.  I
bought a 2 gal sprayer and a bottle of "Ant, Flea, Tick, and Mosquite
Killer" that contains 2.5% permethrin.  The application notes say to
dilute 6 oz of the concentrate to 10 gallons to cover 1,000 sq ft.

I know that a licensed pest control service would be recommended as the best
way to prevent termites.  However, I would like to avoid the cost and take
what precautions are available to me.
I am in a new home (one year old) and the termite protection that came with