Identify and Manage Indoor Insects

Multicolored Asian lady beetles are common insects in and around homes and gardens in Maryland. In the fall they can be a nuisance in and around homes and buildings when they seek shelter for the winter.

Booklice prefer damp, warm, undisturbed environments and become most numerous in houses during spring and summer.

Clover mites are very tiny animals about the size of a period on a typed page. They can be nuisance pests in Maryland when they enter houses in large numbers.

Carpenter ants, pharaoh ants, odorous house ants, acrobat ants, field ants, and pavement ants are some common ants that enter homes. Sanitation practices and baits can be used to control ants indoors.

Webbing and casemaker clothes moths are two types of pests indoors. They larvae feed primarily on soiled woolen fabrics.

Fruit flies are primarily pests in the kitchen area of the home.

Several types of beetles may emerge from firewood that is stored indoors.

House flies are the most common fly found in and around homes.

There are five species of cockroaches that commonly infest homes and buildings in Maryland.

Carpet beetles are a common pest inside homes. They feed on fabrics and organic materials.