Pest Control Guides

Every Pestonik guide in one place: identify household pests, get rid of them safely and decide when to call a professional.

37 guides

Mosquito Bites: What They Look Like, Skeeter Syndrome, and When to Worry

You felt nothing when it happened. Then a bump rises on the skin, and the itching starts. By the next morning, a...

Most mosquito advice starts with a product. That is backwards, because the right fix depends on which mosquito you have, when it...

You wake up with itchy red marks on your arms, and by noon you have checked the mattress twice and found nothing....

Bed bugs do not leave after one spray, one cleaning, or one bad night of itching. Getting rid of them permanently takes...

An adult bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is about the size and shape of an apple seed. Flat and oval, reddish-brown, with six...

Most pest problems start long before you see the first ant or mouse. The bugs and rodents that end up inside are...

If you have ever sprayed a trail of ants and watched them die on the spot, you probably felt a sense of...

You notice a red bump on your ankle or hand. It may itch, burn, hurt, or start to swell. Is it an...

Not every red or reddish-brown ant in your yard is a fire ant. Several species look similar, so a confident identification depends...

Finding ants crawling across your bed is unsettling, especially when you never eat there. You may clean the sheets and remove the...