Find what could be pestering you ?
Parasites, Rodents or Insects ?

Parasites

Bed Bugs, Fleas and Ticks

Bed Bug	Flea	Tick

Guidelines to Prepare for Bed Bug Extermination, A Pictorial of Real Life Bed Bug Infestations , and Bed Bug, Their Eggs, Feces, & Skin - What do they look like, and General Guidelines to Prepare for a Spray Treatment.

Rodents: Mice and Rat

Mice	Rat

Crawling Insects

Ants

Pharaoh and the Little Black Ants	Fire Ant	Pavement Ant
Carpenter Ant

Cockroaches

German Cockroach	American Cockroach	Brown-Banded Cockroach

Spiders	Sow Bug, Pill Bug or Potato Bug	Centipedes

Silverfish and Firebrat	Earwigs

Powder Post Beetle	Millipede

Flying Insects

House Fly	Bees	Wasp & Hornet

Pantry Pests

Carpet Beetle	Spider Beetle	Indian Meal Moth

Please, see the Pantry Pest document at Grains Canada.

Outdoor or Garden Pests

Crane-Fly (Leather Jackets)	Caterpillar

City of Toronto
City of Toronto's Public Health
Public Health, City of Toronto (416 338 7600)- Fact Sheet on Bed Bug Infestations - Rights and Responsibilities - NOV. 2008

Carpenter Bees have prominently black abdomen.

Only the female carpenter bee has a stinger. Although the male carpenter bee is extremely territorial and aggressive, it is not capable of stinging.

Like any other wood boring insects, Carpenter bees prefer weathered, rotting and old wood to nest in.

Again, like other wood-boring insects, their presence is given away by the wood dust at the entry point of these insects into the wood.

Plugging the holes without removing the infestation can cause these bugs to find alternative paths. Sometimes, they would end up inside your house. So, only plug the entry points after the infestation has been exterminated.

We use insecticide spray to kill any flying and hovering insects as well as on the opening area and the nest. Along width the spray some insecticide dust may be applied to kill the insects over a longer period.

To prevent general wood boring insects (carpenter bees or carpenter ants) from infesting in your house, maintain lower parts of windows and door frames. Usually these frames are made of wood where the paint is peeling off and the caulking is in bad shape. The water would be seeping inside and softening the wood.