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Africanized honey bees are known colloquially as "Killer Bees". They are hybrids of the African honey bee. These bees are far more aggressive than the European subspecies. Small swarms of Africanized bees are capable of taking over European honey beehives by invading the hive and establishing their...

Black Widow "Latrdectus" is a genus of spider in the family Theridiidae, which contains 31 recognized species. The black widow spiders are perhaps the best known members of the genus. The injection of neurotoxic venom from these species is a comparatively dangerous spider bite. The female black...

Bed Bugs could be curling up with you at night and you might not even know it. They are broadly shaped and their body is flattened when unfed. They are wingless with four segmented antenna. They also have a piercing and sucking three segmented beak on the underside. Adults are ¼ in. long (6mm)....

Subterranean termites live in underground colonies or in moist secluded areas above ground that can contain up to 2 million members. They build distinctive "mud tubes" to gain access to food sources and to protect themselves from open air. Termite colonies are organized into castes depending on...

Pigeons are pale grey with two black bars on each wing, although domestic and feral pigeons are very variable in color and pattern. There are few visible differences between males and females. The species is generally monogamous, with two squeakers (young) per brood. Both parents care for the young...

The German cockroach is a widely distributed urban pest. It is also the most common cockroach species in houses, apartments, restaurants, hotels and other institutions. This is true not only in Nevada but throughout the United States and in most parts of the world. Adult German cockroaches are 1/2...

Roof Rat (Rattus rattus) is an Old World rodent species not native to North America that was identified in a Las Vegas neighborhood. It poses both a health and safety hazard. The roof rat is implicated in the transmission of a number of diseases to humans, including murine typhus, leptospirosis,...

"Mouse in the house" is responsible for many of the phone calls received by pest management professionals with the arrival of the autumn months. Most homeowners consider a mouse foraging in their cabinets and closets during the night unacceptable. Some find it downright frightening. The house...

American Cockroach - Periplaneta Americana The American cockroach is known by many common names: "Bombay canary", "water bug", "palmetto bug", and many other unprintable expletives. It is the largest of the house-infecting cockroaches, being 1.5 inches long with fully developed reddish brown wings...