QuickFind: Problem Diagnosis | Specific Pests of People

Diagnosis
Diagnosing Mysterious Bug Bites (Texas A&M)
Common Insect and Mite Pests of Humans (Texas A&M)
What's Bugging You (when no one seems to know) (Texas A&M, PDF)
Household Arthropod Pests (NCR, PDF)
Health, Promotion and Preventative Medicine

Specific Pests of People

Ants

• Fire Ant Website (Texas A&M) Comprehensive Answers
• Texas Pest Ant Identification Key (Texas A&M, PDF)

Bed Bugs
Bed Bugs (Univ. of Kentucky)

Bees and Wasps

Africanized Honey Bees (sometimes called "killer bees"):

• How to Submit Honey Bee Samples for Identification (Texas A&M)
• Africanized Honey Bee Website (Texas A&M)

Bee and Wasp Stings, Treatment (Ohio State)
Bees Swarming (Texas A&M)
Honey Bee Swarms and Bees in Walls (Univ. of Georgia)
Bumblebee (Texas A&M)
Honey Bees In And Around Homes (Texas A&M, PDF)
Paper Wasps and Hornets (Ohio State)
Controlling Bald-faced Hornets and Yellow Jackets (North Carolina State Univ.)
European Hornets (North Carolina State Univ.)
Yellowjackets (Univ. of Illinois)
Foraging Yellowjackets (Univ. of Kentucky)
Yellowjackets (Ohio State)
Mud Daubers (Ohio State)

Chiggers (not a problem on the High Plains)
Chiggers (Ohio State)

Conenose Bugs
Conenose Bugs (Texas A&M)

Fleas
Safer Flea Control (Texas A&M)
Suggestions for Indoor and Outdoor Flea Control (Texas A&M)
Common Insect and Mite Pests of Humans (Texas A&M)
Fleas and Flea Control (Iowa State Univ., 1996) Excellent Site
Fleas Infesting Our Pets and Homes (Kansas State, PDF)
Fleas (Univ. of California)
Fleas (Oklahoma State, PDF)
A Smarter Approach to Flea Control (Univ. of Kentucky, for Pet Owners)
Ridding Your Home of Fleas (Univ. of Kentucky)

Flies
Flies (North Carolina State Univ., PDF Format)
Deer Fly Traps, Effective (12/98, Univ. of Florida)

Lice
Common Insect and Mite Pests of Humans (Texas A&M)
Human Lice: Prevention and Control (Kansas State, PDF)
Biology and Control of Human Lice (North Carolina State Univ., 1995)
Frequently Asked Questions About Head Lice (North Carolina State Univ., 1995)

Mites
Common Insect and Mite Pests of Humans (Texas A&M)
Mites Affecting People (North Carolina State Univ.)
Mites Annoying Humans (Ohio State)
House Dust Mites (Ohio State)
Parasitic Mites of Humans (Univ. of Kentucky)

Mosquitoes
Mosquito Control Around the Home (Texas A&M)
Mosquito Information Website (Florida A&M)
Mosquito Pest Management (Ohio State Univ.)
Mosquitoes (Iowa State Univ.)
Community Mosquito Management (Univ. of Illinois)
Mosquitos (North Carolina State Univ., 1995)
Mosquito Control Methods (Rutgers)
Products and Promotions That Have Limited Value for Mosquito Control (Rutgers)

Scabies
Scabies (Kansas State, PDF)

Spiders
Control of Brown Recluse Spiders (Texas A&M, coming soon)
Black Widow Spiders (Ohio State)
Brown Recluse Spiders (Ohio State)
Spiders (North Carolina State Univ., 1995)

Ticks
Ticks in Kansas (Kansas State, PDF)
What You Can Do About Ticks and Lyme Disease (Texas A&M, PDF)
Common Ticks of Oklahoma and Tick-borne Diseases (Oklahoma State, PDF)
One Dozen Steps to Personal and Family Protection from Ticks (Kansas State, PDF)

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