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Bald-faced Hornet
A large black-and-white social wasp, despite its name a kind of yellowjacket, that builds a gray, pear-shaped paper nest hung in trees or under eaves and defends it aggressively when disturbed.Blacklegged Tick
A small, dark-legged tick of the eastern and north-central United States that feeds on mammals and birds and is the main carrier of the Lyme disease bacterium.Brown Dog Tick
A reddish-brown three-host tick that strongly prefers dogs as its host and is unusual in being able to complete its entire life cycle indoors, infesting homes and kennels.Cat Flea
A tiny, wingless, blood-feeding insect that is the flea most often found on pet cats and dogs in U.S. homes, biting both animals and people and breeding in carpets, bedding, and pet resting areas.Honey Bee
A fuzzy, golden-brown social bee that lives year-round in large colonies and is one of the most important pollinators of food crops — a beneficial insect, not a pest, that should be relocated by a beekeeper rather than exterminated.Northern House Mosquito
A small, light-brown mosquito of the northern United States and southern Canada that breeds in stagnant, organically rich water and is the region's main carrier of West Nile virus.Norway Rat
A large, stocky burrowing rodent that nests at ground level in and around buildings, contaminates food, gnaws structures, and can carry diseases that affect people.Tawny Crazy Ant
A small, uniformly reddish-brown invasive ant that swarms in huge numbers across the Gulf Coast, moving in fast, erratic trails and nesting in soil, debris, and electrical equipment rather than in tidy mounds.Wolf Spider
A large, hairy, ground-dwelling hunting spider that chases down prey on foot instead of spinning a web, sheltering under boards, stones, and siding and sometimes wandering indoors near ground level.Yellow Fever Mosquito
A small dark, day-biting container mosquito with lyre-shaped thorax markings that breeds in standing water around homes and is the primary vector of yellow fever, dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses.
A large black-and-white social wasp, despite its name a kind of yellowjacket, that builds a gray, pear-shaped paper nest hung in trees or under eaves and defends it aggressively when disturbed.Blacklegged Tick
A small, dark-legged tick of the eastern and north-central United States that feeds on mammals and birds and is the main carrier of the Lyme disease bacterium.Brown Dog Tick
A reddish-brown three-host tick that strongly prefers dogs as its host and is unusual in being able to complete its entire life cycle indoors, infesting homes and kennels.Cat Flea
A tiny, wingless, blood-feeding insect that is the flea most often found on pet cats and dogs in U.S. homes, biting both animals and people and breeding in carpets, bedding, and pet resting areas.Honey Bee
A fuzzy, golden-brown social bee that lives year-round in large colonies and is one of the most important pollinators of food crops — a beneficial insect, not a pest, that should be relocated by a beekeeper rather than exterminated.Northern House Mosquito
A small, light-brown mosquito of the northern United States and southern Canada that breeds in stagnant, organically rich water and is the region's main carrier of West Nile virus.Norway Rat
A large, stocky burrowing rodent that nests at ground level in and around buildings, contaminates food, gnaws structures, and can carry diseases that affect people.Tawny Crazy Ant
A small, uniformly reddish-brown invasive ant that swarms in huge numbers across the Gulf Coast, moving in fast, erratic trails and nesting in soil, debris, and electrical equipment rather than in tidy mounds.Wolf Spider
A large, hairy, ground-dwelling hunting spider that chases down prey on foot instead of spinning a web, sheltering under boards, stones, and siding and sometimes wandering indoors near ground level.Yellow Fever Mosquito
A small dark, day-biting container mosquito with lyre-shaped thorax markings that breeds in standing water around homes and is the primary vector of yellow fever, dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses.