What to do if there are infestations at home. What to do if there is a brownie in the house. Horror. And then how to deal with them?

There is an opinion that the brownie is a cousin of the devil himself. Despite this, you should not drive him out of the house under any circumstances! The fact is that from ancient times people endowed brownies with good everyday qualities. The brownie, according to folklore, is the spirit of order in the house, the guardian of the hearth and the keeper of traditions. It is generally accepted that they drive out dark forces, help their owners in their affairs, etc. A good brownie is one with whom the residents have close contact.

There is a brownie in the house. What to do?

At all times, people tried to appease the brownies in order to attract them to their side. To do this, the owner of the house needs to make a certain sacrifice to the brownie. It is believed that the spirits of houses love rye bread, so a crust of this bread left on the table on the night from Sunday to Monday can act as a “sacrifice”. It is recommended to sprinkle the humpback with salt. It is generally accepted that the brownie is waiting for a special invitation to a meal, so mentally or out loud he must be called to the table.

In order for the brownie to be favorable to the owners, it is recommended to give him an unusual gift. Since these spirits love to play with old beads, jewelry and coins, you need to put some of your jewelry in a shiny box (or box) without a lid, put it in a secret place and tell the brownie that this is a gift for him.

Old Believers claim that brownies hate dirt and disorder in the house. There is an opinion that in such houses and apartments the spirits begin to make noise at night, get rowdy and frighten the owners. The fact is that the brownie is a true “gourmet” in everyday affairs. If something does not suit him, he can leave the house. Everything would be fine, but the residents of the abandoned house are in for trouble: the money in this family will not stay, the men will start drinking, and the wives will begin to debauch.

To prevent this from happening, you need to love your brownie, not offend or anger. There is no need to leave sharp objects (forks, knives, needles), as well as onions, garlic, salt and pepper, on the table overnight. The brownie doesn't like these things, so their presence in an open place can make him angry. And in general, a cozy and kind atmosphere should reign in the house, since the brownie is still a good spirit.

Sometimes brownies can play around, climbing on the beds of their owners while they sleep. If at night there is a feeling of heaviness on the body, then it is believed that the brownie climbed onto his person. In this case, it is recommended to put thyme under the pillow. You can read the Lord's Prayer. While reading the prayer, you need to baptize not only yourself, but also the brownie.

Insects live in almost every home. This is a fact: even if the owners of the premises do not see them, this almost always only means that such “roommates” are simply very successfully hiding from human sight. In some cases, insects in an apartment can be absolutely harmless, but some of their species pose a serious danger not only to food and things, but also to the person himself.

It is also important that many insects that can live in an apartment are absolutely indifferent to its sanitary condition. For example, silverfish (see photo below) may well be found even in an elite apartment with a good renovation:

That is why you should not count on the fact that if the apartment is constantly maintained in order, then there will definitely be no insects in it. In some cases this makes virtually no difference.

Of course, in an exemplarily cleaned room it is unlikely that the ubiquitous cockroaches or wood lice will appear in the bathroom, but a certain insect fauna will master it too. Therefore, it will be useful for every home owner to know what main types of insects are found in apartments, what are their characteristics and how difficult it can be to fight them. We'll talk about this further...

All the variety of insects in the apartment

The second group is insect pests that spoil food or other property in the apartment. Among them are the following types of insects:

1. Cockroaches are perhaps the most famous and easily recognizable. They most often settle in kitchens, feed on various food waste, and are able to carry various dirt with pathogenic microorganisms on their paws.
   
2. Pharaoh ants are one of the most difficult indoor insects to remove. Their colonies can be interconnected and cover several apartments at once, in which they arrange their anthills, collecting various food waste in them.
   
3. Woodlice usually settle on the first floors in bathrooms and toilets. Generally speaking, woodlice are not insects (they are crustaceans), but they lead approximately the same lifestyle as cockroaches.
   
4. Moths are the scourge of fur stores and kitchen cabinets. Its inconspicuous butterflies are very annoying with their fluttering, and at this time the larvae grind groceries or make holes in clothes made of natural and semi-synthetic materials.
   
5. Carpet beetles are very small, about the size of a flea. Their larvae can eat a wide variety of organic matter, including even some toxic substances.
   
6. Pests of domestic plants - thrips, whiteflies, springtails, scale insects. If white insects appear in flower pots in your apartment, then it is most likely one of them.
   

The photo below shows springtails in a flower pot with soil:

Photo of scale insects on a houseplant:

Insects also live in apartments and do not cause noticeable harm. For example, these include:

And the last group is insects that look into the apartment at one time or another, but do not live here permanently. These include mosquitoes, flies, stink bugs, lacewings, and many others. They cannot be called indoor insects.

Cockroaches and the damage they cause

The main danger associated with the presence of cockroaches in an apartment is the spread of pathogens and dirt from garbage disposals. Constantly moving around the table, food products, and dishes, they greatly worsen the sanitary situation in the room.

Imagine: a cockroach first crawled through rotting waste in a garbage chute, and then made its way into the apartment and ran over the bread left on the kitchen table...

Cockroaches are perhaps one of the most famous insects living in an apartment, so everyone knows them, as they say, “by sight.” For example, in the photo below there is a red cockroach, small, but incredibly easily adaptable to different living conditions:

And then in the photo there are black cockroaches, which not everyone has ever seen. They are large in size - up to 4 cm. So if you come across a large black insect that looks like a cockroach in your apartment, then it is almost certainly Blatta orientalis (that’s what this type of insect is called in Latin):

Cockroaches can especially easily infest in an apartment where there is access to food, a source of water and places to hide. If you very diligently maintain cleanliness in the room and quickly destroy the first newcomers from your neighbors, then your apartment may well be the only one without cockroaches, even if they swarm in all neighboring apartments.

Fighting cockroaches is not difficult, but it requires time and money: cockroaches are destroyed with a variety of insecticidal agents, and special gels and microencapsulated preparations (Get, Lambda Zone, Delta Zone, etc.) are especially effective in this fight.

Bedbugs in the apartment

Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are the most unpleasant blood-sucking insects in the apartment. They attack humans at night, crawling onto the bed and biting any exposed areas of the body.

During the day, bedbugs hide in furniture, behind baseboards, in mattresses, household appliances, and behind carpets on the walls. They are sometimes confused with cockroaches, especially young larvae.

The photo shows a bedbug larva:

Due to the fact that bedbugs feed only on human blood, they, unlike cockroaches, cannot be destroyed by various poisoned traps and baits. The most effective way to combat bedbugs is baiting with insecticidal aerosols and sprays.

Ants: the smallest, the most difficult to remove

House ants (also called pharaoh ants) are very highly organized insects. In the apartment or outside, they organize a nest in which several females lay eggs, and working individuals serve them and store food supplies. Such supplies can rot, and the insects themselves can move along the walls of the house garbage chute and over food in the kitchen in one day.

The photo below shows these apartment insects that found a treat on the kitchen table:

Thanks to their ability to organize several interconnected nests, ants can occupy several apartments and apartment premises at once. This is associated with certain difficulties in removing them: even after destroying ants in your apartment, you cannot be sure that in a week they will not begin to colonize it again, coming from the neighbors.

These harmful little insects are removed using the same means and methods as cockroaches. However, it is important to take into account that until the queen of domestic ants is destroyed, the colony will live.

Fleas: danger, biology, specifics of control

The insect on the carpet shown in the photograph below is a cat flea (for the uninitiated person, it looks almost no different from other types of fleas - dog, rat, human...):

Adult fleas feed exclusively on the blood of humans and animals. But their larvae can eat both food products and the excrement of adult fleas or pets.

All the difficulties of fighting fleas are related to the fact that they can be found both in the fur of animals and anywhere in the room. Of all the insects that live in an apartment, fleas require the most comprehensive approach when removing them: they are first destroyed on animals, then indoors, and finally the surviving larvae are poisoned.

Moth as the main destroyer of food and clothing

Moths are flying insects in the apartment, the butterflies of which are most often visible on the ceiling, windows, and inside cabinets. There are many types of them, some of which are harmful to food products (food moths), and some of which are harmful to fur and woolen items (clothes moths).

The actual pests are moth larvae. In most cases, its butterflies do not feed at all, but only lay eggs. Moth caterpillars can penetrate closed jars, bags and boxes at a young age and then feed on the product in which they find themselves.

Clothes or fur moths can damage even semi-synthetic fabrics, but they are not able to feed on pure synthetics.

The photo below shows typical apartment pests: barn moths and clothes moths:

Mosquitoes in the apartment

Mosquitoes are well-known summer insects that often fly into your apartment. The photo below shows a female mosquito sucking blood and clearly demonstrating why exactly these insects seek to get into our homes:

Mosquitoes do not live permanently in human homes, since they need water bodies to reproduce. However, they appear in apartments in search of victims, arriving in the evenings in the light of lamps.

In most cases, it is much easier to keep them out of the apartment by hanging a mosquito net on the windows, or scaring them off with special devices (fumigators, ultrasonic repellers), than to then look for them on the ceiling and walls and destroy them.

Woodlice are not exactly insects

In most cases, wood lice appear only in those apartments where it is constantly damp, for example, water leaks from pipes. These insects are excellent indicators of various plumbing breakdowns and depressurization of flanges.

Woodlice photo:

Sometimes woodlice can also enter the bathroom or toilet through attic vents or neighbors. They do not cause any particular harm; they are content with various debris in damp places, but they are very unpleasant in appearance. They are hatched in the same way as cockroaches.

Carpet beetles

Carpet beetles in apartments occasionally spoil clothing and food products. They pose a particular danger because the cereals or other groceries they eat become poisonous to humans. In addition, the larvae of these beetles can spoil expensive fur and knitwear.

These insects are rarely numerous, but can be found almost everywhere: in books, linen, food, garbage. It is quite difficult to remove them, and in most cases the fight consists of throwing away contaminated products and regularly cleaning the shelves and cabinets in the apartment.

In the photo - a bread grinder (also known as a skin beetle), a beetle the size of a flea:

Other indoor insects - butterflies, silverfish, book lice - if they cause harm, it is insignificant and very unnoticeable. Book lice, for example, feed on glue in book bindings.

Insects on house plants are also unpleasant pests, which may well lead to their death by damaging the roots and leaves. These are often small white insects, inactive and easily destroyed by special insecticidal agents for treating plants. Generally speaking, there are many types of such pests, and scale insects, springtails and whiteflies are only a very small part of them.

In general, to prevent the appearance of almost any insects in an apartment, it is necessary to carefully check all purchased products and house plants, protect animals from infestation with fleas, and ensure that children do not become infected with lice. And the apartment itself must be thoroughly cleaned and kept clean, which with a certain reliability will provide protection from the most common pests.

Fleas always appear unexpectedly in the house, especially when the owners do not keep pets. In such cases, bewilderment usually arises: how can it be that there are no animals, but there are fleas in the house, does this really happen?..

So, first of all, it is necessary to identify where the insects came from. They usually enter a home in one of two ways:

All fleas are dangerous because they carry the eggs of worms, the causative agents of very dangerous diseases for humans (including plague and encephalitis), and simply by their bites they cause severe skin reactions. At the same time, fleas coming from the basement are more dangerous than those “coming” on domestic animals: among them, rat fleas are more common - the most famous carriers of plague and some other infections.

What should you do first?

If fleas appear at home and you don’t know what to do, start with these simple steps:

In the photo there are fleas on the floor in the house:

And in the next photo they are on the cat’s bed:

If fleas appear at home, you should combat them comprehensively, adhering to the following plan:

After treatment, appropriate measures should also be taken to prevent fleas from reentering the premises.

“We had such joy - there was not a single living creature in the house except me and my mother. And then after vacation I see a flea in the house on the balcony. At first I thought that she got there by accident, and then I was bitten at night, then my mother started complaining about “bugs.” I started clearing out the rubble on the balcony, and there were thousands of fleas there. We have a balcony right above the basement, but our neighbors have a dog living on their balcony. Well, in short, for three days I flooded the house with Dichlorvos Neo. Dichlorvos is such a good product, it doesn’t stink, unlike the old one. The fleas disappeared, but the neighbors also poisoned them. I don’t know, maybe I’ll also have to work on the basement, but my money won’t be enough for that.”

Lesya, Yakutsk

Let's start with the first step - choose the means with which we will poison fleas on a pet and in the house in general.

Choosing the right flea removal products

Be sure to remember that preparations for removing fleas from pets and preparations for treating fleas at home are completely different products. The former are quite expensive to use to treat a room, while the latter can be dangerous for both humans and animals if used incorrectly.

For pets, products such as drops on the withers, sprays and shampoos are most often used - they can rid your pet of fleas in a matter of hours.

After this, it is advisable to put a collar on the animal.

Among chemical products, Hartz, Bayer, Frontline preparations in the form of drops and sprays, Phytoelita and Doctor Zoo shampoos, Hartz, Beaphar, Kiltix collars are very popular. When choosing a product, you should take into account the weight of the animal, its age and state of health - all lines have products for treating sick animals, large and small, and growing babies of different ages.

Among the means for treating apartments against fleas, the following drugs are optimal in terms of price-effectiveness ratio:

• Get (microencapsulated suspension);
• Executioner;
  
• Cucaracha.

There are also more powerful drugs such as Diazinon and Tetrix, but they require a professional approach and have a strong unpleasant odor. Means like Raptor and Raid can also be used, but their effectiveness is somewhat lower than that of the above options.

Fleas can also be eradicated from the premises using kerosene, vinegar and turpentine. However, in comparison with specialized insecticidal preparations, such folk remedies for fleas, in addition to relatively low efficiency, also have many other disadvantages - they leave behind a strong, persistent unpleasant odor and are generally dangerous to use.

Getting rid of fleas from pets

Treating a pet for fleas should be carried out strictly according to the instructions for the product used.

• Drops on the pet's withers are applied to the back of the neck at the base of the skull, or at several points along the spine and carefully rubbed into the skin. After this, it is advisable not to bathe the animal for several days.
  
• The pet simply bathes with flea shampoo, and it is important to rinse its fur well after such water treatments.
  
• The animal is sprayed with the spray all over its body, and the fur should be parted with your hands so that the drug gets on the skin. After such treatment, the animal should not be allowed to lick itself for several hours, and then you should simply bathe it thoroughly.
  

Some products have a certain residual effect and eliminate the need to use flea collars. These are, for example, flea drops and some sprays. After shampoos, you should always put a flea collar on your animal, at least until fleas are removed from the house and before each walk outside.

Fleas in a private home can be quickly completely destroyed by total treatment with special preparations of all surfaces and places in which both adult insects and their larvae can live.

Aerosol preparations in cylinders are used in the form in which they are sold. Special concentrates for dilution are diluted with water and sprayed using ordinary household spray bottles.

Particularly careful treatment should be given to baseboards, closet shelves in closets, and corners where pets like to sleep. In general, the more surfaces in the house that are treated, the more likely it is that all fleas will be killed.

During treatment, all animals and people should be removed from the premises. After applying the drug, you need to close the windows and doors and leave the house for several hours. Then the room is thoroughly wet cleaned.

In the future, as a preventive measure for the re-reproduction of fleas in the house, a thorough cleaning with washing of the floors should be carried out at least once a week. In this case, a decoction of wormwood or tansy should be added to the water for washing, good. At the beginning of the warm season, pets that are outdoors should be fitted with flea collars, at least during walks. Such measures are usually enough to ensure that fleas no longer appear in the house.

Typical situation: residents suffer from a flea infestation from the basement of the house

Useful video: how to properly treat an animal for fleas and which product to choose

Getting fleas out of your home can sometimes seem like a rather difficult and time-consuming task. But with the help of modern tools and methods, as well as patience, everyone can successfully cope with it. So, what to do if fleas appear in the house: where and how to get rid of them?

What do house fleas look like?

• size - the body length of an adult reaches 0.1-0.5 cm;
• color - the color of the flea can be black, red, brown or dark red;
• structure - the body is slightly flattened on the sides, covered with tiny bristles and spines; there are six legs on the abdomen (like all insects), no wings;
• nature of movement - fleas are very jumping; in one jump they can cover a distance of up to 0.5 in height and 1 m in length.
• lifestyle - these insects are active at any time of the day; if they are hungry, they go out to look for prey both during the day and at night.

What causes fleas in a house or apartment?

There are several ways fleas can get into an apartment or private house:

• Neighbors' apartments.

There is a high risk of blood-sucking insects getting into housing in the neighborhood of dysfunctional families, where no one monitors the order and cleanliness of the house. In addition, if someone decides to poison fleas, they can go in search of a new shelter and settle with neighbors.

• Basements.

• Pets.

And finally, any family member can simply bring a flea from the street on clothes or in a bag. Since they multiply very quickly, within two to three weeks the pests will fill the entire house.

Signs that there are household fleas in the house

Finally, it is not difficult to notice the insects themselves, especially if you spread a white sheet in one of the rooms.

Why fleas are dangerous for people

• tularemia;
• plague;
• encephalitis;
• hepatitis B;
• hepatitis C;
• anthrax;
• typhus;
• salmonellosis;
• brucellosis, etc.

The most dangerous type of flea is rat flea, since rats also carry many dangerous infections. By biting a rat, the flea becomes infected with them and can, in turn, infect another animal or person, without dying itself. Parents of young children and the elderly should be especially careful about flea bites.

It is necessary to combat fleas in a private house or apartment in a comprehensive manner. Here's what you should do to eliminate insects at home once and for all:

Animals

We must not forget about the pet’s accessories: all beds and rugs must be knocked out, washed and dried; It is advisable to thoroughly clean and boil rubber toys and bowls. All these measures will help destroy insect eggs.

Preparing the room for processing

Before using chemical or folk remedies to get rid of fleas, you need to prepare your living space. They do it like this:

• All floor coverings, sofas and carpets are vacuumed, as well as wet cleaning in each room of the apartment;
• food products are wrapped in a special protective film and placed in the refrigerator;

Note: if possible, it is better to temporarily remove the refrigerator with food from the apartment.

• bed linen, carpets are shaken out and washed;
• household appliances and electrical appliances are turned off and also covered with a protective film - the latter also applies to indoor plants and an aquarium;

Before cleaning, remove all pets from the house and place them in the care of neighbors or friends. The next stage is treating the house with special means.

Treatment

You can treat a room against fleas in different ways: folk remedies, chemicals or using physical force. Each of them has advantages and disadvantages. Thus, chemical agents will help remove fleas quickly and permanently, but these drugs do not have the best effect on human health (for example, they can cause severe allergies).

Therefore, they are not recommended for use if there are small children or animals in the house. Traditional methods are safe, but may be ineffective due to their relatively gentle effects. See below for more details on processing methods.

Cleaning

A few hours after the treatment, whatever it may be, the apartment must be ventilated, and after another two or three days, the room must be wet cleaned.

Insecticides against fleas and how to work with them

Chemicals are guaranteed to rid your home of fleas, but since these substances are toxic, you should follow some rules when working with them:

As for drugs for removing fleas from an apartment, the most often used are:

• aerosols;
• powders;
• liquid products.

Powders act in a similar way - they kill larvae and adults. The results of such products will be durable and effective, but not the fastest.

Here are some of the most popular flea treatments on the market:

Traditional methods of getting rid of fleas

Natural remedies may not be as effective as strong chemicals, but you can use them without fear. So, what folk remedies are fleas afraid of?

Like any other insect, fleas are very sensitive to odors, and some odors can be harmful to them. Knowing this, people use such means as:

Physical impact

Fleas feel great at temperatures ranging from −20 to +50 degrees. Of course, it will not be possible to set the upper temperature threshold in the apartment, but it is quite possible to freeze insects if this happens in the cold season. In cold weather, you just need to open all the windows in the apartment and leave it for a couple of days. The result is, of course, not guaranteed.

These are the answers to the question “How to remove fleas from the house?” There are many ways, and any determined owner will be able to choose the most suitable one for himself and his family to evict uninvited guests from their home.

Do you know all your neighbors? Sure? Some of them are so small that you simply can’t see them. Insects live in almost every home. This is a fact: even if you don’t see them, this almost always means that the “roommates” are simply hiding very successfully. In some cases, insects in an apartment are absolutely harmless, but some of their species pose a serious danger not only to food and things, but also to the person himself. In general, get acquainted!

For thousands of years, people have sought shelter, starting with the first cave, then building shelters from tree branches and leaves, and making tents from animal skins. As time passed and additional tools were developed, humanity began to build houses from strong wood and stone, and houses appeared. And always, from the very first home, various insects lived next to a person. Today we see them as uninvited guests and prefer to live without them. But if you think about it, they were before us, and they will be after us. For your consideration, here is a list of 15 small creatures with whom you may share your home. They are also called synanthropes (non-domesticated plants and microorganisms whose lifestyle is associated with humans and their homes, for example, cockroaches, house flies, house mice, bed bugs).

15. Spiders

Spiders are probably one of the most common creatures with which we share our homes, and some of these arachnids will appear on this list more than once. There is a great variety of spiders in nature, more than 45,000 different species. Overall, modern spiders have spread throughout the world over the past 200 million years, which is largely responsible for their wide distribution and diversity. The spider does not do anything bad in the house, sometimes it even does good - it catches flies. Our ancestors had a huge number of signs associated with spiders, mostly positive. They say spiders are harbingers of good things to come. But, probably, if you trust signs too much, you will be completely covered in cobwebs.

14. Ground beetles

Just like spiders, beetles are very ancient and well-adapted creatures for survival. There are more than 40,000 species of ground beetles alone in the world, and these insects come to our homes uninvited. The most common is the bread ground beetle. They usually cause damage to crops in fields, but are increasingly found in ordinary apartments. The bread ground beetle crawls into the apartment only if it likes the living conditions. As soon as the insect gets into the house, when darkness falls, it goes to look for food (crumbs, food left on the table, cereals). Ground beetles interfere with sleep, rustle, fall from the ceiling onto the bed or directly onto you. And if they have found food, then the next step will be their reproduction. So, if a ground beetle appears in the house, you need to take immediate action.

13. Crickets

The wise cricket who gave advice to Pinocchio probably looked something different. And ordinary crickets are creepy insects, sometimes of enormous size. A folk sign says that if there is a cricket in the house, then this is a sign of happiness and prosperity. But people who have been visited by this “happiness” in large numbers do not share this point of view and are looking for ways to get rid of them. About 2.3 thousand species of these insects are known in the world, of which only about 50 are found in Russia. Most of them live in subtropical and tropical countries. Our most famous species are the field cricket and the house cricket. The house cricket in the southern part of the country lives both in apartments and in nature. In the central and northern regions, it lives only in houses near people, and gives preference to old, warm rooms with high humidity. These insects live and breed well in warm basements flooded with water. Sometimes crickets can spoil food and even things in the apartment, just like moths. Therefore, although popular wisdom advises against offending them, it is better to remove the crickets. Unless, of course, you like the “night concerts” that crickets usually organize.

11. Carpet mite

Scientists have found more than 1,000 different species of house ticks, and all of them cause great harm to humans, all year round. Any carpet or carpet perfectly collects dust, it accumulates in its fibers and even daily cleaning will not give a positive result - dust and mites will still remain there. Ticks, unlike most insects on this list, are very harmful to humans. The ticks themselves are capable of leaving behind their waste products in the form of feces, which contain digestive enzymes, they destroy the cells of the human body and can cause severe allergies and asthma. The damage caused by carpet mites is not limited to allergies: conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis, atypical dermatitis and others can develop. It’s easy to deal with them - throw away all carpets and upholstered furniture once and for all!

10. Dark-winged mosquito

The main harm is that they squeak and interfere with sleep! Thank God, humanity has invented many ways to get rid of mosquitoes. Mosquito nets, repellents and fumigators are a whole industry. Place fresh branches of elderberry, bird cherry, Caucasian chamomile or basil in the rooms, and place a container with tomato seedlings or geranium in a pot under the windows and on the balcony. Mosquitoes do not like the smell of these plants, so they will want to leave your home as soon as possible. According to folk superstitions, these small, disgustingly buzzing bloodsuckers - mosquitoes - are capable of bringing not only absolute harm, but also benefit, predicting the weather and future events. Clouds of mosquitoes mean good weather tomorrow. Painful mosquito bites and especially active buzzing of bloodsuckers - foretells imminent bad weather and night rain.

9. Spitting spider

As mentioned earlier, this list will feature more than one species of spider. Spiders of this species catch prey by spraying a liquid onto it, which neutralizes it by solidifying into a toxic and sticky mass upon contact. You can observe the habit of spiders swaying from side to side. They do this to wrap up their prey. Most spiders are only capable of producing silk, but Scytodes spitting spiders are an exception. Together with the silk, they release poison from their mouths, and silk strands soaked in the toxin, falling on the spider’s victim, bind it. These spiders are not dangerous to humans, do not weave large trap webs, and are unremarkable in appearance. But they still have one peculiarity - during the hunt they “spit” their prey. This may sound a little harsh, but it's accurate. This is why they got their name “spits”. Spitting spiders live in both warm tropical and temperate regions, including Russia - in human homes, where it is warm.

8. Clothes moth

Moths inhabit houses and are a household pest, whose caterpillars spoil fabrics by eating them and gnaw the silk upholstery of furniture. Only caterpillars cause damage to products, because adults lack gnawing type mouthparts. In the dark at night, adult moths fly towards an artificial light source. According to some data, house moth caterpillars also feed on substances of plant origin, namely grains of wheat, barley, oats, corn, flour and dry bread. House moths are widespread worldwide; this species of lepidoptera is a serious pest in human homes. They feed on clothing, carpets, blankets and upholstery, as well as fur, wool, feathers and miscellaneous items such as animal bristles used to make toothbrushes and piano fibers.

7. Woodlice

Generally speaking, woodlice are not insects (they are crustaceans), but they lead approximately the same lifestyle as cockroaches. When threatened, they curl up, simulating death.
In most cases, wood lice appear only in those apartments where it is constantly damp, for example, water leaks from pipes. These insects are excellent indicators of various plumbing breakdowns and depressurization of flanges. The appearance of woodlice in an apartment, first of all, should worry lovers of indoor flowers, because if measures are not taken in time and they are not removed, the plants will soon die. First of all, these insects harm moisture-loving tropical plants that have a thin and delicate root system (orchid, fern, cactus), affecting it specifically, so if you have just such plants, then you should fight more actively.

5. Ants

At different times of the year and in different regions of the country, in an apartment, and even more so in a private house, you can often find representatives of various species of ants. Very often, ants in an apartment are random guests, carried on clothes or with things. Among them there are insects of different sizes and colors. However, the only real pest in the apartment is the so-called pharaoh ant - an independent species of heat-loving small ants, which in our latitudes cannot live anywhere other than residential heated premises. These red ants in the apartment are a real problem: they are numerous, they spoil food, they can carry pathogens of various diseases, and besides, they are very difficult to remove.
One colony of house ants can contain several dozen queens and up to 350 thousand workers. The reasons why red ants appear in an apartment, although not numerous, can be found in almost any home. That is why small red ants are successfully conquering more and more new areas and are likely to appear in any apartment, even the cleanest one.

4. Serebryanka (common silverfish)

You may have once seen them in the bathroom or toilet if you went there in the middle of the night (when the light is turned on, they quickly run away). Those thin, silvery, small things on the floor? Do you remember? They are called silverfish. Like most of the other creatures on this list, silverfish pose no real harm to us and they don't bite. Cases of contact did not reveal any negative impact on human health. They feed on products of plant origin containing starch or polysaccharides; but they may not eat anything for months. Their diet may include sugar, flour, glue, book binding, paper, photographs, starchy fabrics. From storage areas they can be brought into the home through the purchase of toilet paper or cartons of paper napkins. They are harmless to humans and pets and are not carriers of diseases, but can damage damp paper.
Their scientific name is “common silverfish” (Latin: Lepisma saccharina). It is believed that the silverfish is one of the most ancient living insects - its ancestors lived on Earth more than 300 million years ago, back in the Paleozoic era. Silverfish prefer damp and dark places; if the house is dry and light, then there will be no silverfish there.

3. Cockroaches

The remains of cockroaches are, along with the remains of cockroaches, the most numerous traces of insects in Paleozoic deposits. Additionally, cockroaches are the earliest known Polyneoptera, possibly descending from the ancestor of the entire subcohort. They have always been and will be on Earth. There are more than 4,600 known species of cockroaches; are especially numerous in the tropics and subtropics. There are 55 species on the territory of the former USSR. In recent years, there have been popular reports about a decrease in the number of certain species of cockroaches in the CIS (they say they have completely left apartments in St. Petersburg and some other cities - no one was upset, but the reasons are interesting).
A number of cockroaches live in human dwellings, being synanthropes, for example, the red cockroach (Prusak), or the black cockroach. Others are brought with tropical products to temperate countries and sometimes take root in heated rooms (American cockroach). Cockroaches can damage food, leather goods, book bindings, indoor and greenhouse plants. Some cockroaches, feeding on various waste, including feces, are carriers of infectious diseases (for example, dysentery) and worm eggs.

2. Harvesting spider

Hay-making spiders that build trapping webs are ubiquitous. Hanging upside down on their jumbled, tangled, uneven web. Webs are built in dark, damp niches of caves, trees and under stones, in lairs abandoned by mammals, for example, in cellars and various buildings. In human homes, they love dry and warm places near windows. How dangerous are harvest spiders to humans? Suffice it to say that they spend the poison they have exclusively on their victims, inflicting a paralyzing bite on them. He is not enough for anything more. The main reason for declaring war on arachnids is arachnophobia. Some people cannot even stand them visually; for others, a creature that gets on their body causes panic. The problem is so serious that psychologists are working on it.

1. Flycatcher

The common flycatcher, also known as the house centipede, is often found in private houses and cottages, and is also found in apartments. Due to its significant size, repulsive appearance and high speed of movement, this insect, which suddenly appears in a house, often inspires horror in residents. But the house centipede is a peaceful and completely harmless insect. They usually appear in search of food from the street or from a neighboring apartment. If centipedes can find a constant source of food in the house, then there is a high probability of their appearance in this room. Centipedes are especially often found in private homes, settling in basements, basements and subfloors, from where they go out to hunt, moving around all rooms.