• Nocturnal - about ¾ " long
  
• Live outdoors, but enter homes seeking moisture
  
• Feed mainly on plants - grass - clothing - carpet - paper - cotton - linen and proteins

• Small wingless insect
  
• Found outdoors or indoors
  
• Lives in damp places
  
• Frequently found in great numbers

• Wingless flattened body - ½ - ¾" long
  
• Found almost everywhere
  
• Feeds on starch found in paper and wallpaper glue
  
• Can cause damage to cotton and linen

• Forceps-like appendages at end of the abdomen
• Odorous
• Active at night - seek shelter during the day under stones - boards and debris
• Feeds on dead plant and animal material

• Normally live outdoors
  
• Feed on damp decaying vegetation
  
• Commonly invade homes
  
• Often found nesting in mulch

• More closely related to shrimp or crayfish than insects
  
• Feed on decaying vegetable matter
  
• Found in damp places
  
• Often found nesting in damp mulch

• Closer to shrimp or crayfish than to insects
  
• Feed on decaying matter
  
• Found under mulch and vegetable debris - frequently invade damp basements
  
• May infest potted plants

• 1/8 to 1/5 inches long
  
• Blood feeders
  
• Greatly enlarge after a blood meal
  
• Female lays approximately 2 eggs a day until she reaches 200
  
• Humans are their preferred host

• Feed on domestic and wild animals
  
• Suck blood and cause painful bites
  
• Larvae develop in water or moist ground
  
• Nuisance in recreational areas

• Feed on domestic animals
  
• Suck blood and cause painful bites

• Most prolific fly species in US
  
• Short life cycle 9 to 21 days
  
• Commonly found around man
  
• Eggs laid in decomposing animal matter

• Pest all over the world
  
• Eggs laid in warm moist environment
  
• Can only eat liquids
  
• Solid foods are liquefied with regurgitated saliva

• Abundant in decaying plant or animal matter
  
• Breed in moist areas
  
• Active in the winter months
  
• Most abundant in warm months

• Deadliest creature on earth
  
• Breeds in standing, stagnant water
  
• Spreads disease
  
• Females need blood meal to lay eggs
  
• Nests in moist, warm environments