[anna shun]

Hi everyone! -

I'm new to city data and Sin City, I've seen great advice here

My husband and I just moved into a home built in 1974, the interiors could use a shop vac but the house was basically clean at move in

BUT

I have these tiny, tiny (no more than 1 mm) dark grey insects I've seen on the floor and hard surfaces. I have no clue what they are, but I saw one circling my cat's dish and now I'm worried.

Does anyone know what these tiny bugs are? And what other bugs should I watch out for here? When do I go for an exterminator? ( I have pets, am really reluctant to use any in-house direct poison)

Thanks so much, I am really loving it here

all the best.

AS

[Danknee]

Silverfish? (Link)

[macgeek]

When I moved here 4 years ago, I had crickets, it took both using bugbully and sealing up all openings outside to stop the 'invasion' Now I have chickens who do the pest patrol for me



Jonathan

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by anna shun

Hi everyone! -

I'm new to city data and Sin City, I've seen great advice here

My husband and I just moved into a home built in 1974, the interiors could use a shop vac but the house was basically clean at move in

BUT

I have these tiny, tiny (no more than 1 mm) dark grey insects I've seen on the floor and hard surfaces. I have no clue what they are, but I saw one circling my cat's dish and now I'm worried.

Does anyone know what these tiny bugs are? And what other bugs should I watch out for here? When do I go for an exterminator? ( I have pets, am really reluctant to use any in-house direct poison)

Thanks so much, I am really loving it here

all the best.

AS

Now. Is now a good time for you?

Might be carpet beetles. Can you left up an edge of carpet and look underneath? If it's them, they be all over the bottom. But get an exterminator. Then make sure the only spray outside your house after that about once every two months. You don't want them spraying in the house unless you have an infestation. I use Terminex for that reason.

Also, they little bug might be ants. We can get these tiny little ants that are so small it's hard to tell what they are. If it is, find out what they're after and get rid of it. Then let the exterminator plug the hole they're getting in from.

[anna shun]

They do look a lot like the silverfish image...but I think I will take the advice and consult an exterminator. I've found them under my kitchen sink....ugh!

[hotjambalaya]

Haven't had any problems with insects (yet!) but I had a bit of a pigeon problem when I got my place. Horrible things. Were hopping around my pool. Called a couple of exterminators, and I don't know if its normal or not, but most try selling you a monthly maintenance contract, which I wasn't interested in.

Found a good company, with good representatives Las Vegas Pest Control | Extermination in Las Vegas NV who did all the work for a lot less then the others, so they'd be my first point of call.

One thing they mentioned is that if a house is left empty in vegas the U bend in the sinks etc can dry out, letting insects up and into the house, so if you haven't go and run all the faucets in the house.

[Clarkcty]

Originally Posted by hotjambalaya

Haven't had any problems with insects (yet!) but I had a bit of a pigeon problem when I got my place. Horrible things. Were hopping around my pool. Called a couple of exterminators, and I don't know if its normal or not, but most try selling you a monthly maintenance contract, which I wasn't interested in.

Found a good company, with good representatives Las Vegas Pest Control | Extermination in Las Vegas NV who did all the work for a lot less then the others, so they'd be my first point of call.

One thing they mentioned is that if a house is left empty in vegas the U bend in the sinks etc can dry out, letting insects up and into the house, so if you haven't go and run all the faucets in the house.

My senior citizen neighbor once told me she had problems with pigeons many years back. Well, here was her solution, she fed the pigeons rice grains. When a pigeon takes in water, the rice grain expand and in turn, their bellies explode when they eat enough rice grains. That is her story, isn't she a lovely senior citizen? I get along well with her she keeps her place nice and neat and I keep the area around my building the same way.

[hotjambalaya]

Well the problem is that I didn't particularly want loads of dead pigeons on my roof! I'd soon have coyotes on the roof eating them, then I'd have to rent a tiger to get rid of the coyotes, once you have a tiger problem what do you do? Pepper? :-)

[Clarkcty]

Originally Posted by hotjambalaya

Well the problem is that I didn't particularly want loads of dead pigeons on my roof! I'd soon have coyotes on the roof eating them, then I'd have to rent a tiger to get rid of the coyotes, once you have a tiger problem what do you do? Pepper? :-)

Well you have to make sure those pigeons fly away after taking in the rice grains.

[macgeek]

I had a family of pigeons who would use my place like a diner, but when they would go into the chicken coop, I would trap them and hose them down, I mean soak them till they where so wet they could not fly. then capture them, give them a good talking to and by the third time of doing this, they went elsewhere.

No poison, no killing.

Jonathan