Ants:  Any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the family Formicidae, of worldwide distribution especially in warm climates, having a large head with inner jaws for chewing and outer jaws for carrying and digging, and living in highly organized colonies containing wingless female workers, a winged queen, and, during breeding seasons, winged males, some species being noted for engaging in warfare, slavemaking, or the cultivation of food sources.


Bed Bug:   Any of numberous flat, wingless, bloodsucking hemipterous insects, Cimex lectularius,  that infests houses and especially beds.


Bee: Any of several winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging insects of the superfamily Apoidea in the order Hymenoptera, including both solitary and social species and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.


Beetles:  Any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, characterized by hard, horny forewings that cover and protect the membranous flight wings.


Carpenter Bee: (the genus Xylocopa in the subfamily Xylocopinae) are large bees distributed worldwide. There are some 500 species of carpenter bee in 31 subgenera.

Carpenter Ants:  The most common pest ant seen in homes throughout the United States. The main colony must have a constant source of moisture to survive. The main colony may establish satellite colonies that are the primary source of ant activity inside homes. These satellite colonies set up trunk trails between the main colony and between satellite colonies. Carpenter ants can most easily be seen along these trunk trails at night when the ants are most active.


Cockroaches:  Any of numerous orthopterous insects of the family Blattidae, characterized by a flattened body, rapid movements, and nocturnal habits and including several common household pests.


Crickets:  Any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket).


Fleas:  Any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.


Flies:  Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.

 
Gnats:  Any of various small, biting, two-winged flies, such as a biting midge or black fly.


Mice:  Any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus,  introduced widely in other parts of the world.


Mosquitos:  Any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.


Rats:  Any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus  and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.


Silverfish:  Any of various small primitive wingless insects of the genus Lepisma, esp L. saccharina,  that have long antennae and tail appendages and occur in buildings, feeding on food scraps, bookbindings, etc.


Spiders:  Any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.

Stink Bugs:  Any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.

Termites:  Any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.

Ticks:  Any of numerous small arachnids in the order Ixodida. Along with mites, they constitute the subclass Acarina.  Ticks are ectoparasites (external parasites), living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians.


Wasps:  Any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.


Weevils:   Also called snout beetles. Any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, which have the head prolonged into a snout and which are destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc.