Occasional Invaders Archives - Page 2 of 3

Crickets

Colorado is home to more than 10 species of crickets. Occasionally, crickets wander into homes and although they do not...

Bird mites are miniscule, flattened parasites that feed on the blood of birds. The short lifecycle of bird mites, which...

Until recent years, when bed bugs have exploded in population and spread worldwide, bat bugs were the most common of...

Swallow bugs are parasites of cliff swallows and occasionally barn swallows. Bed bugs swallow bugs and bat bugs are among...

A beetle of the Dermestidae family, larder beetles adults range in size from ¼ to 3/8 of an inch in...

Several species of carpet beetles including black carpet beetles, varied carpet beetles and furniture carpet beetles are commonly found in...

Roughly 80 species of fleas can be found living in Colorado, which is among the largest number found in any...

Look-alike household pests, silverfish and firebrats can at times be difficult to tell apart. There are subtle differences in appearance...

We receive countless calls every year about tiny caterpillar or worm like insects crawling along walls and window sills inside...

Relatives of arachnids like true spiders and scorpions, solpugids (or sunspiders as they are more commonly called) have 4 pairs...