Spider & Insect Pest Control Advice

Spider & Insect Control

Spiders and insects—including bed bugs, flies, and cockroaches—are common indoor pests. See expert guides and advice for getting rid of them.

A camel cricket sitting on a concrete surface.
Little Brown Crickets in Your Home? How to Get Rid of Them Fast Before They Lay Eggs
Fly Swatter
6 Smells Flies Really Hate That Keep Them From Swarming Your Home
A small group of five boxelder bugs on a wooden surface.
Black and Red Bugs in Your Home? How to Get Rid of Them Fast Before They Infest
house spider with web
5 Ways to Get Rid of Spiders in Your Garage ASAP and Keep Them From Coming Back
A group of brown marmorated stink bugs.
Why Are Stink Bugs in Your House? 5 Things You're Doing to Attract Them
Daddy longlegs spider on spider web
How to Get Rid of Spiders in Your Basement Fast—and Stop Them From Coming Back
Ants in bathroom
How to Get Rid of Ants in Your Bathroom This Fall in 3 Simple Steps
lady bug on leaf
Ladybugs in Your Home? They Might Be Lady Beetles—How to Spot the Difference
Wasps crowding nest
How Long Do Wasps Live? What You Should Know Before Getting Rid of Them
Modern white bathroom with plants
How to Get Rid of Gnats in Your Bathroom ASAP and Keep Them Away
Spraying spiders
Want to Kill Spiders ASAP? Pest Pros Share 5 Quick Solutions
Brown bedbugs hiding in the crease of the mattress.
Does Rubbing Alcohol Really Kill Bed Bugs? We Asked Pest Pros
Spraying bugs with insecticide
Get Rid of Spiders for Good With This DIY Repellent You Can Make in Just 5 Minutes
why spiders are good
Don't Kill Spiders—They Actually Can Help Your Home Right Now, According to Pest Pros
Diatomaceous earth in a glass jar
Does Diatomaceous Earth Kill Spiders? Why You Should Use It Before You Even See One
Ants crawling on a tile floor.
6 DIY Ant Killers That Actually Work, According to Pest Pros
A giant spider in a white bathtub near the drain
17 Simple Ways to Keep Spiders Away from Your Home Naturally
cockroach climbing on bedding
7 Bugs That Look Like Cockroaches (but Definitely Aren't)
Woman disposing of garbage into outdoor bins
Got Maggots in Your Trash Can? 6 Ways to Get Rid of Them Fast
does baking soda kill ants
Does Baking Soda Really Kill Ants? Experts Weigh In on How to Make It Effective
how to get rid of fire ants
5 Ways to Get Rid of Fire Ants Quickly and Effectively
mosquitos flying near bush
5 Methods for Keeping Mosquitoes Away Like a Pro
spider cricket
How to Get Rid of Spider Crickets Like a Pro
how to get rid of carpenter bees
How to Get Rid of Carpenter Bees That Are Bugging Your Home in 4 Steps
A dead cockroach on the floor.
Does Baking Soda Kill Roaches? Here's What You Need to Know
A small cricket.
7 Easy Ways to Get Rid of Crickets Inside Your House
Close up of bed bug
10 Bugs That Look Like Bed Bugs, But Definitely Aren't
Ant on deck
4 Ways to Get Rid of Ants Outside That Really Work
Yellow jacket wasp on a leaf.
How to Identify and Get Rid of Yellow Jackets
Ants on the countertop
10 Tiny Bugs in Your House and How to Get Rid of Them
what attracts spiders in the house
7 Things Attracting Spiders to Your House and How to Keep Them Away
Essential oils
14 Essential Oils for Repelling Ants That Actually Work
Spoon of sugar on a table with ants all over.
How to Get Rid of Ants in Your Kitchen
How to make a homemade flea trap
How to Make an Effective Homemade Flea Trap, 3 Ways
A small spider web in the upper corner of a front porch.
5 DIY Spider Repellents to Keep Spiders at Bay
Placing the trap near where fruit flies have been congregating
How to Make Gnat Traps: 5 Best Methods
Small, black ants gathering on a crumbly yellow ant bait.
3 Effective Ant Traps You Can Easily DIY, Backed by an Expert
materials for making a fly trap out of a soda bottle
4 DIY Fly Traps to Catch Pesky Flies Indoors
A large, round yellow jacket nest covered in wasps hanging underneath the eaves of a house.
Hornet vs. Wasp: Here's How to Tell the Difference
Two large, brown cockroaches, one on the bottom corner of the dishwasher and the other eating crumbs off the floor.
8 Types of Roaches and How to Tell Them Apart
A homey bathroom with natural details including a hanging lamp of woven grass and hardwood floors, with white fixtures including a clawfoot tub.
How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies in Your Bathroom
A bed bug on a white sheet crawling toward an unsuspecting hand.
Bat Bugs vs. Bed Bugs: How to Spot the Difference
A small brown recluse spider that is yellow-brown in color with the distinct 'fiddle-shape' on its back tries to climb from the floor up a door jamb
How to Humanely Get Rid of Brown Recluse Spiders
Closeup of a fly in the home
How to Keep Flies Out of Your Home
Small ants happily picking up bread crumbs from an area where toast and jam was prepared.
How to Get Rid of Pharaoh Ants
A honeybee creates ripples as it finds itself flapping its wings and struggling to get out of a pool.
How to Keep Bees Away From the Pool
Hanging up a mosquito zapper lamp
DIY Mosquito Traps With Yeast, Dry Ice, or Buckets
Earwig on hardwoods
How to Get Rid of Earwigs in the House
Cockroach next to drain
How to Get Rid of Water Bugs in Your Home
Fungus Gnat Close Up
How to Get Rid of Gnats in Your Home
Beautiful japanese yellow joro spider in the net close up
A New Flying Spider Is Moving Up the East Coast—Should You Be Concerned?
ladybugs on screen
How to Get Rid of Ladybugs Inside Your Home
DIY yellow jacket trap hanging under arbor
How to Make a Yellow Jacket Trap That Really Works
How to Get Rid of Powderpost Beetles
How to Get Rid of Powderpost Beetles
Cicadas on tree
Cicadas Are Here! Experts Share How to Protect Your Plants
roach on a poisonous bait trap
How to Get Rid of Roaches in Apartments: 7 Ways
Silvery metallic looking insect (silverfish) on grey floor
Silverfish: How to Identify, Control, and Get Rid of Them
Brown and tan centipede with many legs and long antennae
How to Control (and Prevent) House Centipedes
moths eating a sweater
How to Identify 8 Insects That Eat Holes in Clothes
Bedbug on pink upholstery
How to Treat Bed Bugs in Furniture

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