
Common insect pest species in homes - Natural History Museum
Adult powder-post beetles are generally 4-5 mm long and range in colour from light brown to reddish-brown. Adult beetles usually emerge from the infested wood between May and …
Carpet beetles identification guide - Natural History Museum
Adults have oval bodies 2-5 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide, with a black base colour and dense hairs giving brown to reddish-yellow elytra (wing cases). The head and top part of the thorax …
Bed bug ( Cimex lectularius ) identification guide
Bed bugs are well-known human pests. The commonest species in temperate and sub-tropical regions is Cimex lectularius (the common bed bug), found in domestic houses. In Britain, there …
Brown marmorated stink bugs arrive in the UK and pose threat to …
Mar 1, 2021 · Ancestrally, brown marmorated stink bugs would hibernate in abandoned caves throughout winter. In inhabited areas, they are drawn to people's homes for warmth and …
What are these little bugs on my window sills? — Digital Spy
Apr 29, 2023 · Carpet bettles Hoover your carpet really well It it cleaned if you can Hoover & wipe down all your skirting boards with hot water & some cleaning product Hoover the gaps …
Small bugs in my house — Digital Spy
Feb 1, 2010 · Diatomaceous earth (DE) are the fossilised remains of tiny organisms. It looks like a fine talc or clay powder, and is harmless to humans and animals, but lethal to insects. I'ts been …
Little brown beetles in the house??! - Digital Spy Forum
Mar 14, 2008 · Can anyone help ~ we've started getting little brown (occassionally flying) beetles in the house, and I don't know what they are or how to get rid of them! They're about 3 mm …
Meet the bee-fly: the cute bee mimic with a dark side
Bee-flies look adorable. Seeing the dark-edged bee-fly hover in mid-air, some people describe it as a tiny, fluffy, flying narwhale. It has a hairy little body and face, and a very long, straw-like …
White bugs! — Digital Spy
Oct 24, 2012 · Last week when my partner fed the fish he noticed that the top of their tub of food had lots of small white bugs on it. They were about the size of dust but when you look closely …
Tiny black bugs — Digital Spy
Teeny tiny little black bugs and they do like to swam on light colours walls and such. As I found out when painting the hallway a very pale yellow last summer, grr! 0