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.

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
5 Homemade Gnat Traps That Really Work
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
5 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 tidy pantry shelf with sealing grain containers and dust-free shelves.
How to Get Rid of Pantry Pests in Your Home
A bed bug on a white sheet crawling toward an unsuspecting hand.
Bat Bugs vs. Bed Bugs: How to Spot the Difference
A dead cockroach lays on its back with its long antennae sticking up.
How to Get Rid of Roaches in Your Home
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 Get Rid of Brown Recluse Spiders in Your Home
Closeup of a fly in the home
5 All-Natural Ways to Keep Flies Away From 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
ladybugs on screen
How to Get Rid of Ladybugs Inside Your Home
How to Get Rid of Powderpost Beetles
How to Get Rid of Powderpost Beetles
roach on a poisonous bait trap
Fastest Ways to Get Rid of Roaches in Apartments
Fruit flies on an orange
How to Prevent Fruit Flies
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
person vacuuming an upholstered car seat
How to Get Rid of Ants in Your Car
flying ants
What to Do About Flying Ants in Your Home
dried herbs in a sachet
How to Get Rid of Closet Moths Naturally
ants crawling up molding
20 Effective Methods to Get Rid of Ants Naturally
cat near flea repellent
How to Get Rid of Fleas Naturally in 6 Easy Steps
Someone deep cleaning their granite countertops with a purple cleaning rag.
How to Get Rid of Roaches Naturally
pouring vinegar into a jar
3 Best DIY Fruit Fly Traps to Get Rid of Pesky Flies
person swatting a house spider
How to Get Rid of Spiders in the House
Wolf Spider on flowers
Wolf Spider: Facts, Appearance, Behavior, and More
Hole in organic shirt by insect eating
How to Stop Clothes-Eating Bugs Organically
fly trap made from a soda bottle
How to Make a Fly Trap From an Empty Soda Bottle
Boxelder Bug
How to Keep Boxelder Bugs Out of Your Home
Flying Ants vs. Flying Termites
Termites vs. Ants: How to Tell the Difference
dryer sheets
Do Dryer Sheets Repel Insects?
Bedbugs on a bed sheet
How to Wash and Care for Laundry Infested With Bed Bugs
A load of laundry by a washer
How to Wash Laundry Infested With Lice
Kitchen pantry door opened with jars of spices and herbs and coffee mugs
How to Get Rid of Pantry Moths (Indianmeal Moths)
closeup of fly
How to Get Rid of Flies Indoors/Outdoors
Boxelder Bugs
9 Questions About Boxelder Bugs
Carpenter Ant
How to Identify and Get Rid of Carpenter Ants
group of flies
How to Get Rid of Flies Outside on Porch or in Backyard
ants on wooden floor
12 Simple Ways to Control Little Ants
Tarantula crawling over tree branch
What Is a Tarantula?
A close-up of termites in wood
Using Orange Oil to Treat Dry Wood Termites
Ants making a trail to food
How to Get Rid of Odorous House Ants
A tarantula hawk wasp on a flower bud
Tarantula Hawk Wasps: How to Identify and Get Rid of Them

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